so, i've asked the oracle literally 5 times, & i still get no answer.

a couple months ago i was on the church of chris martin & i read an interpretation of clocks & it stated that william willett, the man who invented the concept of daylight savings time, is chris's great great grandfather. i searched it & it's true! he got the idea of setting the "clocks" an hour ahead to decrease energy costs during the summer. what a genius! no wonder chris is so smart it's in his genes! the interpretation was basically saying that clocks is about william willett's discovery & the fact that no one listened to him. "lights go out & i can't be saved, tides that i tried to swim against." daylight savings became a law in england after he died in 1916 to save money on coal during world war 1, so he never lived to see it become a law. my question is, is clocks really about william willett? if it's not, then can you please tell me what it is about?

 

i really really wanna know!

ps, this is my first thread! :kiss: i'm really slow i JUST learned how to post a thread

omg that is actually amazing xoxo

omg, i just realized that i posted this in the wrong place i wanted it to show up on the coldplaying toolbar! ugh, i'm new at this

that's so cool and it sounds like that's what it could be about

Well, first of all welcome to Coldplaying.com! :nice:

 

I had heard about Chris Martin's great grandfather, and his invention of the daylight savings time. I do believe that the song "Clocks" has to do with his memory and to some extent the invention of daylight savings.

 

But if you take a close look at the lyrics of the song you'll be able to see that there's no reference to an invention or even less to his great grandfather. In my opinion, I just think that Clocks is a song about life ticking like a clock that never stops and it continues through hardships and good times. But there might be a reference to his great grandfather, I guess that only Coldplay knows this, or only Chris knows it! :sneaky:

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Well, first of all welcome to Coldplaying.com! :nice:

 

I had heard about Chris Martin's great grandfather, and his invention of the daylight savings time. I do believe that the song "Clocks" has to do with his memory and to some extent the invention of daylight savings.

 

But if you take a close look at the lyrics of the song you'll be able to see that there's no reference to an invention or even less to his great grandfather. In my opinion, I just think that Clocks is a song about life ticking like a clock that never stops and it continues through hardships and good times. But there might be a reference to his great grandfather, I guess that only Coldplay knows this, or only Chris knows it! :sneaky:

 

yeah, that's what i figured. i always told myself that if i ever meet chris, that would be the first thing i ask him.

:)

The song's title has nothing to do with daylight saving's time, and everything to do with time pieces; searching for time pieces, actually.

yeah, that's what i figured. i always told myself that if i ever meet chris, that would be the first thing i ask him.

 

the VERY first thing? i would have said: " do you wanna marry me??" :laugh3:

about the song i dunno i've always thought that it was about time and the fact that we can't do anything to make it stop.. we wanna just find a safe place: "home"

I've read somewhere that Clocks is actually about dying/helplessness, but I can't remember where I read that :thinking:

i read that too zoe......;)

 

 

and ya i dont know how much i would beleive from the site.....Church of Chris Martin.......that site kind of creeps me out :uhoh:

^ Yes, the church of Chris Martin is ridiculous, but that fact about Chris' great great grandfather actually IS true :P