Violet Hill Lyrics

[stutomo]

Coldplay – Violet Hill

 

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow

White snow

 

Clearly I remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze down below

 

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And the fox became God

 

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

 

Bury me in armor

When I’m dead and hit the ground

My love’s opposed, but unfolds

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow, far below

 

So if you love me

Why'd you let me go?

 

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in the snow

All that time she was silent still

 

So if you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

If you love me,

Won't you let me know?

[panicked]

^Thank you. I was trying to find the 'sinking ship' line, cos it was one of the riddles I got with the glass of water. These are my favourite lyrics of the whole album I think.

[Carla]

Coldplay – Violet Hill

 

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow

White snow

 

Clearly I remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze down below

 

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And the fox became God

 

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

 

Bury me in armor

When I’m dead and hit the ground

My love’s opposed, but unfolds

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow, far below

 

So if you love me

Why'd you let me go?

 

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in the snow

All that time she was silent still

 

So if you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

If you love me,

Won't you let me know?

 

I read the Oracle thread and they asked what Chris says after 'Bury me in armor whae I'm dead and hit the ground' and the answer was 'My nerves are poles that unfroze'

[panicked]

Ooh, I'll have to listen again! I missed that.

[100miles]

as close as i'll likely get

 

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow, white snow

 

Clearly I remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze down below

 

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know

 

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And the fog became God

 

Priests clutched onto Bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

 

Bury me in armor

When I'm dead and hit the ground

My words are poems that unfold

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

would stow far below

 

So if you love me

Why'd you let me go

 

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in snow

All that time she was silent still

 

So if you love me

Won't you let me know

If you love me

Won't you let me know

[petriomelony]

the ones people get wrong:

 

was a long and dark december

when the banks became cathedrals

and a fox became god

priests clutched onto bibles

hollowed out to fit their rifles

and the cross was held aloft

 

bury me in armour

when i'm dead and hit the ground

my nerves are poles that unfroze

and if you love me, won't you let me know

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BVcnbUOL1g]listen for it here[/ame]

[The Final Track]

It was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow, white snow

Clearly I remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze down below

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

If you love me, won't you let me know?

 

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And a fox became God

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And a cross held aloft

Bury me in armour

When I'm dead and hit the ground

My nerves are poles that unfroze

And if you love me, won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow, far below.

So if you love me, why d'you let me go?

 

I took my love down to violet hill

There we sat in snow

All that time she was silent still

Said if you love me, won't you let me know?

If you love me, won't you let me know?

 

 

From the recordings section at Coldplay.com

[Macintosh]

the truth is out there

... when you've got tour programme :laugh3:

[kevbro93]

I think "when the banks became cathedrals" sounds most correct

 

but what the heck does that mean? O.o

 

and to me it sounds like he's saying "and the fog became gone" or something...

 

Yeah it is cathedrals. and personally my first thought when I heard that line was churches and cathedrals become too focused on profit. I think he's talking about an increasingly "religious" society, "when the banks became cathedrals... and the fog became God" and its apparent hypocrisy (supporting the killing of others to aid their own cause) "priests clutched onto bibles and went out to fit their rifles."

 

We have to remember the time period this song was based upon. just look up violet hill :)