Based on the new live version just posted in the Multimedia section. I'm thinking what I have down is pretty close; let me know what you think:

 

Scared of losing all the time

You wrote it in a letter

He was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

Inside a glass of water

The ripples and the rhymes

And he asked:

“Will I see heaven in mine?”

 

That is just the way it was

Nothing could be better

And nothing ever was

And they say you can see your future

Inside a glass of water

The ripples and the rhymes

But will I see heaven in mine?

 

Oh-oh-oh-oh-I

Son, don’t ask

Neither how full nor empty

Is your glass

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living

In the past

Going nowhere fast

 

So you wrote it on the wall

The hollowest of halos

Is no halo at all

And television’s selling

Plastic figurines of leaders

Sayin’ nothing at all

And we chime:

“Stars in heaven align”

 

Oh-oh-oh-oh-I

Son, don’t ask

Neither how full nor empty

Is your glass

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living

In the past

Going nowhere fast

 

And what we drinking when we’re done?

Just glasses of water

sounds good to me! Thanks :)

Heres the lyrics that were posted on my coldplay dot com.

 

Scared of losing all the time

He wrote it in a letter

He was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

Inside a glass of water

The ripples and the rhymes

He asked ‘Will I see heaven in mine?’

 

That is just the way it was

Nothing could be better

And nothing ever was

And they say you could see a future,

Inside a glass of water

With ripples and the rhymes

But Will I see heaven in mine?

Oh Oh Oh

 

Ah Son, don’t ask,

Neither how full nor empty is your glass

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living in the past

Going nowhere fast

 

So he wrote it on the wall

The hollowest of halos

Is no halo at all

And television’s said and past

In figurines and leaders

saying nothing at all

And he chimed stars in heaven aligned

Oh Oh Oh

 

Ah Son, don’t ask,

Neither how full nor empty is your glass

Cling to the mast

Spend your whole life living in the past

Going nowhere fast

 

[instrumental]

 

What are we drinking when we’re done?

Just glasses of water

This song is promising, the melody is wicked, and the lyrics are great, as usual, signed Coldplay.

 

However involving heaven and televisions selling plastic figures in the same song is a bit, uhm, can't find the word...:lol:

The chorus is amazing. Thanks for the lyrics.

Excellent, thanks for these..

Aaaah these lyrics are absolutely awesome! thanks for posting!

 

Spend your whole life living in the past

Going nowhere fast

 

This reminds me of the unreleased Version of Talk "..going nowhere much to fast"

love it! very powerful

Wonderful! as always :D <3

Song is a good song!

I really like it

I love this song. It's just filled with so much energy and it makes me feel ecstatic listening to it. :)

so funky. I wish it had been on the album!

Hi there, Would a new one like me be welcome here?

Thanks so much in deed.

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