It seems, at least to me that this song talks about the band sort of fighting after the x and y tour was down... Cuz in some magizeens chris says the band struggled with the creative vibe and how they had gotten a bit big headed and how Bryan cut em down to size "you might be a big fish in a little pond, doesn't mean you won".....so in essence it seems they kinda got lost until Eno came along..... Thank you brian

Chris' comment that he felt like "a bit of a failure.. but never gonna give up" also lends itself to this interpretation.

ya thats it i think

i think they are very critic with themselves. That's a good thing if you can manage it.

I'm from mexico and I don't quite catch the meaning of "i'm just waiting til the shine wears off"... could anyone explain?

Yes i think that it means that they are waiting till the popularity is gone ....

you know what i hink coldplays always going to stay together because even though Chris Martin can get a bit egotistical they all love each other

I'm from mexico and I don't quite catch the meaning of "i'm just waiting til the shine wears off"... could anyone explain?

 

I think Chris is just waiting for the band to ultimately meet its end. He stated that he's only got a few more years of song writing before expects his output to be not as good. Plus at some point people will lose intererst and move on to other new bands.