So I was listening to "Bucket For A Crown" and I notice that Chris says "I don't want to be the captain of a sinking ship"

And couldn't help but think about how similar that is to "I don't want to be a soldier, of a captain on some sinking ship.."

 

 

Anybody else notice how they incorporate their lyrics from other rare songs? Like in "Talk" they refer to a ladder to the sun, when we all know that that's another CP song floating around.

 

Just a friendly observation :)

cool observation.. i think it happens similar thing to other artists...

 

i guess that is their 'worries' in some way, some main deep ideas they personally have may be.

cool

So I was listening to "Bucket For A Crown" and I notice that Chris says "I don't want to be the captain of a sinking ship"

And couldn't help but think about how similar that is to "I don't want to be a soldier, of a captain on some sinking ship.."

 

 

Anybody else notice how they incorporate their lyrics from other rare songs? Like in "Talk" they refer to a ladder to the sun, when we all know that that's another CP song floating around.

 

Just a friendly observation :)

 

 

Interesting point man. Though I *THINK* the lyric is "Who the captain of some sinking ship / would stow / far below" but there is a distinct similarity

Hmmm... good observation.

I try to avoid it when I write songs.

Maybe they want their listeners to know that they hate sinking ships, especially if they are the captain.

Damn those sinking ships.

It all a mystery to us!

Bucket for a Crown? What is this?

^Its a very old Coldplay song that Chris Martin performed at a secret gig with a Violinist!

It was rumoured to be on VLVADAAHF. Here is the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zruYu7Zmvg

Woah, rav, it sounds like a really good song. Does anyone have it for mp3 that's good quality?

Oh yeah!!!

Thats a nice link.

I bet Chris ran out of lyrics and thought noone would notice :lol:

The "sinking ship" is CP after X&Y. Chris doesn't want to be the frontman (captain) of band going downhill...

yeah, most writers reiterate ideas because they just play in their head all day

 

i do to my chagrin

rooftops motive ;)

 

Has anyone noticed a lyric (well, maybe just one word) crossing in Viva la Vida songs? :

in Violet Hill Chris sings "from the rooftops I remember"

and in Lovers in Japan (or Death and all his friends? I'm totally confused now) there's also "on the rooftops let's get married" or something like this ;)

That just brings me images of them sitting on the rooftops in their fancy clothes and watching Paris burn during the revolution in 1789 ;) Well that's just my imagination probably :D

Interesting point man. Though I *THINK* the lyric is "Who the captain of some sinking ship / would stow / far below" but there is a distinct similarity

 

haha oh yeah, you may be right about that. I never really was sure of what he was saying :)

 

I think its kinda neat though, even if it makes me feel like I have no life hahah

"But if you never try, you'll never know"

-Fix You

 

"If you never try, then you'll never know"

-Speed of Sound

 

 

Both are my favorite song quotes

"But if you never try, you'll never know"

-Fix You

 

"If you never try, then you'll never know"

-Speed of Sound

 

 

Both are my favorite song quotes

 

That's suchhh a good one! :)

^Why thank you. It's pretty much my favorite saying, so it really stood out for me.

 

 

:D

I actually never realised that. As a songwriter myself though I can tell anyone who's not tried it for prolonged periods that there are some things you try to slip into every verse and chorus. With me, those things are 'sparks', 'retina burns', beaches and the word 'solace'. I find them so often when I look back at things I've written that it worries me :D

Hi everyone.

 

I know this isn't a very major one, but the use of "bones" in both choruses of Fix You and Yellow is a general reference that I picked up on.

 

Nothing to write home about though, I know.:smug2:

Hi everyone.

 

I know this isn't a very major one, but the use of "bones" in both choruses of Fix You and Yellow is a general reference that I picked up on.

 

Nothing to write home about though, I know.:smug2:

Don't forget Don't Panic!

Woah, rav, it sounds like a really good song. Does anyone have it for mp3 that's good quality?

That's the best quality version available. I can upload an mp3 if you want though.

Don't forget Don't Panic!

 

Ah, yes, of course. Forgot about that one.:)

It sounds very classic! Sounds like a bit A Rush of Blood To the Head!

"Closing walls and ticking clocks"

-Clocks

 

"Next the walls were closed on me"

-Viva

Back in the day BCP, (before coldplay) entered my life(or is it, I entered theirs...?)..

My fave band was Matchbox 20/ Rob Thomas.

 

I recall noticing the same things/ words repeated all throughout the songs.

 

Maybe songwriters do hold deeply certain ideas/themes in their souls pounding to get out and be heard, repeatedly!

 

*meh*...or just a fizzle in the imagination department:thinking: