Panic Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 It's very close, but I still don't like this bit: My love's opposed but unfolds Does it really sound like that to you? That word sounds nothing like "opposed"...and anyway, what on earth does that phrase mean? :P I can't hear anything that sounds like an S in that word, so I doubt it's "opposed". I think we'll need to wait for the official word on that one, unless someone has a major insight. To me it sounds like "opposed". I can hear appo- (how i would pronounce it) and the -sed right at the end. What it means is open to interpretation like the rest of the lyrics. Edit: Also, I still think he must be saying "Honor", not "Armor", just because that makes so much more sense. And I think he says "And" right before "If you love me Won't you let me know?" the first 2 times; it's hard to hear because it only lasts a moment. It is armour. I can hear Ar- the M and no N (pronounced armer). I can't hear the "And" in the first but I agree there is an "And" in the second. I'm still unsure about the "And the fog, became God" line. I can't hear the g of "fog". That line sounds more like "And the force, became God" but I'm not sure. Anyway here's where we are at now (I have too much time on my hands:P) 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 armour When i'm dead and hit the ground My love's opposed but unfolds 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 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix&y Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 If you want to figure out what lyric comes after 'and hit the ground', please download this: http://coldplayviolethill.googlepages.com/VioletHilllyricsexcerpt.mp3 I've tried to extract the vocals as far as possible, timestreched the sample, etc. It's all in the file. I'm still not sure about the whole lyric, but I think I hear 'My nerves are X', not 'My love's X' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I still hear My love's opposed but unfolds :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus Van Damme Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Doesn't anyone think it more likely that the word is "flock" and not "fog"? It makes more sense logically, and fits with the rest of the religious verbiage in that bit of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
improvtom103 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Yeah, I don't hear "fog" either. I hear "frost became God", I'm like 80% sure there's an "s" sound at that point, but again, not totally sure. It's definitely "my love's" not "my nerves"...I definitely heard the "l" sound, so that's for sure... And I still hear it as "My love's a pond that unfroze"....sry for posting the same line thrice, but i just believe it that much lol. If it isn't that, I give up lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeIsOnYourSide Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 gaah when are we going to get official lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverspira Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm still unsure about the "And the fog, became God" line. I can't hear the g of "fog". That line sounds more like "And the force, became God" but I'm not sure. Perhaps a hidden Star Wars meaning? :confused:;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panic Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm still unsure about the "And the fog, became God" line. I can't hear the g of "fog". That line sounds more like "And the force, became God" but I'm not sure. Perhaps a hidden Star Wars meaning? :confused:;) Hehe! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneyes1207 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 These are the lyrics Panic posted, which most people are agreeing are correct, and if you listen to the song following these, it makes a ton of sense. So thanks, Panic!!!! 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 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsun Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 My version Surely I'm no expert in decrypting vocals, but, nevertheless: 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 [an] architecture 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 frost Became God Priests clutched onto bibles And rolled out to fit their rifles And the cross was held aloft Bury me in armour When I'm dead and hit the ground My love's a pond that unfroze 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 stone, 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? Surely by now there's no perfect variants (:confused:), but this is the one I think mostly like to be. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nah, I disagree with all those changes. The only thing I'm not sure about is fog/frost/whatever.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I thought it was defeated not catherdrals but then thinking back it wouldnt make any sense would it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panic Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I think we'll have to wait until either the sheet music with lyrics comes out or the band release the lyrics. The line I'm stuck on is: -And the (force/forts/fog/frost) , Became (God/gone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsun Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nah, I disagree with all those changes. The only thing I'm not sure about is fog/frost/whatever.. So do I about the fog/frost/f[?], but, personally, I think that frost is more logical. By the way, at least I know, that it's definitely not FROG who became god. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 ok, i feel like i got my answer to the whole "stow/snow" line thing: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow Far below *whoo*. OK, that one's sorted for me. that makes the most sense out of anything else so far, i think. off to consider the whole "unfolds" bit and the "fog/god" line, which is bothering me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 ok, i feel like i got my answer to the whole "stow/snow" line thing: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow Far below *whoo*. OK, that one's sorted for me. that makes the most sense out of anything else so far, i think. off to consider the whole "unfolds" bit and the "fog/god" line, which is bothering me.Thats definitely what that line is. It hit me that it was that 1.5 days ago i think, but someone had already posted it. I'm still confused about all the 'unfolds' business though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 ahh, so that's what i get for not reading the thread :P i was just happy that i was satisfied with a version of it! i hope we get official lyrics soon, like in the CD booklet :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 If they use similar artwork to the ones seen in iGoogle for the lyrics booklet, that would make me very happy. It seems too cool and original to waste, don't you think? I refuse to believe it was created just for Google, anyway. Even if they don't use that in the end, it would still be nice to have them publish the official lyrics one way or the other, to eliminate ambiguities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 if they don't publish it SOMEWHERE then i think we better polish our pitchforks and light our torches, because it's so beautiful and awesome that they better NOT have just created it for a website they never used or for something commercial like igoogle. i kind of want them to put the cemetaries of london one in particular on a tshirt...:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Most lyrics of the first two albums were on the Live 2003 DVD, but never before they officially released lyrics in a booklet or something. It would be very nice though if they would add the lyrics for Viva la Vida, so we won't need to discuss every song here :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I'm really starting to think that one line is "My legs are posed, unfolds". That's what it sounds like on my headphones, at least, and it fits with the two lines before, I think. But on my surround sound, it sounds like "My love's a poem, it unfolds". I think there definitely needs to be an "it" there if it's the poem one, "My love's a poem, unfolds" really doesn't work, imo. Though the first idea I wrote also has the same problem, and there's no way he says "they unfold"... Have to say, the lyrics are definitely what's kept me listening to the song so much over the past few days. Not that the actual song's not great, but the lyrics are incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicote Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 right before the "Became god" line, everyone says chris is saying "and the fog" but i can hear an S sound at the end of the last word of that line. Maybe its and the fuzz became god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazin Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Before the "I took my love down to Violet Hill" part, he's singing "If you love me, won't you let me go?" not "why'd you let me go?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Before the "I took my love down to Violet Hill" part, he's singing "If you love me, won't you let me go?" not "why'd you let me go?" No, I don't think he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The Fog/Fuzz God/Gone disscusion is impossible to solve. And the "My love's opposed but unfolds (what the hell means that??)" issue its impossible too. So we must wait to read the booklet lyrics. Oh wait! Coldplay booklets never had included the lycs! But maybe it was because Chris hated its own lyrics (comprensible) but this time he could more satisfied with them. Violet Hill's are by far the best he ever wroted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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