I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too.

 

I reckon the full sentence is something like:

 

"and love's like poems, that unfold"

 

I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something.

 

Also..."poems that unfold"? :confused: :P

 

My current guess is this:

 

But loves are pulled, then unfurled

 

 

 

That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf:

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow, far below

so is this what we have so far?

 

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

a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!)

 

if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

with the captain of some sinking ship

with stow, down 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?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

with the captain of some sinking ship

with stow, down below

 

should be

 

I don't want to be a soldier

who the captain of some sinking ship

would stow, far below

Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P

 

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I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something.

 

Also..."poems that unfold"? :confused: :P

 

 

That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf:

 

I don't want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow, far below

 

that makes a lot more sense! :laugh3:

 

and the draft I posted earlier I made right after waking up and having two hours of sleep, so my senses weren't exactly in tune... :laugh3:

i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's"

seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person.

 

question is: what's his love like??

 

EDIT:

hmm.. sounds like the two words we're all stumped on each end with a "th" sound (as in teeth)

someone back me up on this. they are two words that rhyme possibly.

that 'th' sound is clear to me now.

Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P

 

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Yeah, "Fixed" mentioned that on the first page! Its mindblowing. Chris Obviously couldn't rename the band, so he put it into a song as a lyric. Genius! :P

lol, at first I thought Chris was singing "who the captain of some stinking shit..."

 

:laugh3:

Yeah, "Fixed" mentioned that on the first page! Its mindblowing. Chris Obviously couldn't rename the band, so he put it into a song as a lyric. Genius! :P

 

Really? Ah, I'm late as always

 

Hehe, it is good, as I recall Simon said it was poo too :P

i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's"

seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person.

 

Hearing it again, it does sound like that...though right now it sounds to me like "My loves are pulled, that unfurled" which makes no sense. :P

maybe it is "a love back home that unfolds?"

 

or not... GAH this is so confusing!

lol, at first I thought Chris was singing "who the captain of some stinking shit..."

 

:laugh3:

 

i did too!!! i was like "wow, 'shit' in a coldplay song...they ARE doing things differently!"

 

Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P

 

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really?! that's awesome!!

the whole "carnival of idiots" verse is my favorite in the song i think, just because it sounds so political. i think i'm going to start referring to the bush administration as the carnival of idiots. like, no joke.

The banks are like cathedrals.

I guess casinos took their place

 

-U2, "Playboy Mansion"

whoaaaa, really? dude. did not know that.

 

ok, i think the line is this:

I don't want to be a soldier

Or the captain of some sinking ship

That's down

Far below

i know that's already been said, i'm just saying that i concur :D

 

still trying to work out the line before "unfolds" though.

this is difficult.. haha.

I'm listening to The Hardest Part at the moment and I really can't see why Chris didn't bother writing lyrics as good as VHs for X&Y.

The banks are like cathedrals.

I guess casinos took their place

 

-U2, "Playboy Mansion"

 

"A man builds a city

With banks and cathedrals"

 

Lemon by U2

my love's own poems

will unfold

 

that's what i think it is.

my love's own poems

will unfold

 

that's what i think it is.

 

 

I think it's

...My Love's opposed, when unfold or unfroze

could this part also be:

 

I don't want to be a soldier

with a captain of some sinking ship

we'd stow, far below

 

just a thought! Great song though!! Can't wait for the album!!

Carnival of Idiots. Yet another Elbow comparison!! "Crawling with Idiots" :laugh3: stupid i know, but hey! what can you do? :rolleyes: It's so funny how when you hear it without hearing the lyrics it sounds like you'll NEVER make out the words. then when you read the words and then hear the song again, the lyrics are clear as day, like 'how in the world could I NOT understand those words?'!

 

This is so awesome that we don't have to wait long to get another new song! Next week we'll hear A Spell a Rebel Yell. Maybe before the album comes out we'll hear that Escapist song! Because if this is all we'll get for a month and a half I'd literally go legally insane!!!!!!!!

i think i got it..

 

"My love's light pulls, it unfolds"

 

 

i don't know.. it really sounds like "will unfold" as well though.

guess we'll have to wait and see..

Here's what I have for that debatable line and one small word change:

 

 

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 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 love's a poem that 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?

^Very similar to what I heard, too :wink:

I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too.

 

I reckon the full sentence is something like:

 

"and love's like poems, that unfold"

mystery fog

 

When the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show

Neocon architects of the "new American century", blowing their loud horns on the media shows..

Records snows - "When the (snow)banks became cathedrals" and the fog that forms as the warm air hits the cold, cold snow..

And the banks became cathedrals, as people prayed to keep their homes..

Priests clutched onto bibles, hollowed out to fit their rifles..

Sermons chosen to rouse the crowd to fight, "hollowing out" the real meaning..

To bury me in armor - there's an old saying about "being buried in one's armor"..

To forget and get late the armor needed is often too late... War references..

Solider for the Captain of some sinking ship..

Perhaps many levels. Iraq anyone?

the rest - imagination.

the interpretation looks like politik. it's all about war and politics. and death.