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Just a question really.......I have posted and replied to a couple of "what do the lyrics mean" in the Releases Section and to be honest there seems to be very little substance in peoples understandings.......

 

eg, Lhuna Lyrics and Album Meaning threads...

 

I assume, that you all understand WHY Coldplay promote "Free Trade" and also WHY there are so many political and geo-political messages in their music (esp. since Rush of Blood to the Head)

 

Basically all the albums and tracks POST 911. The title itself "Rush of Blood to the Head" literally implies do something Impulsive........

 

So, why dont you all try it? - Go to Releases and look for the lyrics MEANING and let me know what YOUR views are........

 

Note: This post is NOT about anything other than asking if Coldplay Fans actually, really, really GET IT.

 

Please post ANY Lyrical Interpretations in the correct section, i.e. Releases.

 

Thanks and with Hope.

JT

 

PS - I actually LOVE the sound of all of Coldplays tracks, but they mean so much more if you can understand them.

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Well of course any song is better if you understand it. A Rush of Blood to the Head is a very obvious metaphor for a sudden impulse, and the whole album sort of goes along with the idea that Coldplay got a rush of blood to their heads in learning that perhaps we don't live in a beautiful world, and that there is bad in the world. The album reflects that in its message of a mix of personal happiness as well as seeing many things wrong with the world.

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Thank you.

 

I just want you to know that as a general statement regarding Coldplays style and delivery, your reply is the most intelligent and measured I have had from this web site.

 

Again, Thank you.

 

PS - What do you think the track Lhuna means? or the album meaning of VLV? - Are you going you post a reply in the Releases Section? - I sincerely hope so, as you definately seem like my type of person. I like your pragmatic and thoughtful style.

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any thread that mentions the word 'Lhuna' isn't one that I'm usually going to pay attention to.

(I think by now you all know I LOATHE that song beyond belief)

 

but in answer, there are fans who "Get them" and there are fans who think that they "get them" - then there's just the fans who don't care and love the music.

 

I like to think I'm in the former category. I probably get about 70% of the lyrics.

not hard to decypher 'I love you, please come home'. There are many other bands who's lyrics are much harder to translate, for example 'Are we dancer?' - but that's a whole different kettle of fish and now i'm rambling.

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Prospekt.

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I kind of thought Lhuna was about someone who's very lonely and wants to feel some human connection.. probably through sex in this case. And they're so frustrated about the lonliness that they're suffering... just fantasizing. Also, there could be a bit of being unfaithful with the "I don't know why you're so far from home" or whatever the exact lyric is.

 

I think that's a pretty literal interpretation though, I dunno what's beyond it.

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Thank you!

 

Dorian, that was a very nice reply.

 

I dont particularly like the song Lhuna either......not a good sound at all for Coldplay.

 

Have you posted any of your interpretations of Viva la Vida (Album as a whole or individual tracks) - I would be fascinated. To be honest, any of your interpretations would prove very interesting to me. I like a thinker and love being enlightened - a mistake is only a mistake when you decide not to correct it.

 

I loved the fact that you mentioned "Are we Dancers"......

 

I look at "Susan Boyle" as a fantastic and relevant example of just how much society prefers Human........... and not a conforming fake. - i.e. not "Dancers".

 

She is an embodyment of the meaning of "Human" and the public appeal proves it.

 

Here's my local lass's magic moment.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY]YouTube - Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics)[/ame]

 

Hope you can post a link or two for anything you have already translated and if not - please write something in the Releases Section.

 

Be true to yourselves.

PEACE AND LOVE

JT.

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How can you NOT "get" Coldplay? Seriously? Almost all of their songs express one pure emotion. Imo.

 

"Nobody said it would be easy/Oh it's such a shame for us to part/Nobody said it would be easy/Nobody said it would be this hard"? How can you NOT "get" that? It's just a poetic way of a guy saying he's sorry about a breakup. I just fished those lyrics out of my mind at random.

 

Then again I guess somebody could have a different opinion. :thinking:

 

And how do you define "getting" something, anyway? In most things there can be more than one meaning. I'm confused.

 

edit: I REVISE what I just said. Some lyrics off Prospekt's March (and to a slightly lesser extent, Viva) are confusing, I suppose. But they aren't... super-incomprehensible. You know?

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How can you NOT "get" Coldplay? Seriously? Almost all of their songs express one pure emotion. Imo.

 

"Nobody said it would be easy/Oh it's such a shame for us to part/Nobody said it would be easy/Nobody said it would be this hard"? How can you NOT "get" that? It's just a poetic way of a guy saying he's sorry about a breakup. I just fished those lyrics out of my mind at random.

 

Then again I guess somebody could have a different opinion. :thinking:

 

And how do you define "getting" something, anyway? In most things there can be more than one meaning. I'm confused.

 

I agree.

 

I think people the OP comes off as a bit self-important to be honest.

 

Songs are open to interpretation. And often times with songs, no one will ever know what they were truly written about anyways. That doesnt mean you can't connect to it personally or whatever. Coldplay, Chris is particular, actually likes that their songs can be taken in many ways.

 

I'd have to agree about the lyrics being straight-foward and literal or whatever too.

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i agree with what Kiran and noonsun have said. the beauty of Coldplay songs, especially the ones off of Viva la Vida, is that they can have several different meanings, and it all depends on the person interpreting them. that's my opinion anyway.

that being said, there are quite a lot of political things is some of their songs, like Violet Hill, Twisted Logic, Politik, etc.

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Even they're not sure, sometimes. ;)

 

Go to 3:15

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txAHuQUWiHs]YouTube - Coldplay on 60 Minutes [PART 1 OF 2][/ame]

"What's it about? *** knows. I have no idea. I still think about that every day."

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i don't think i "get" all of Coldplay songs but i do love their songs, especially Fix You, The Scientist & Viva La Vida (the ones i do "get"...off the top of my head). & i'm the kind of person who likes to know what a song's lyrics mean...hence i'm usually lurking around on songmeanings.net reading up others' interpretations of song lyrics. just to see if they match up to my own take on it.

 

tho i am also willing to admit that some songs just defy being pigeon holed into a specific theme/story i.e. Yellow...yes, it's about love & devotion, but what in the world is the significance of the colour or lyrics like "I drew a line / I drew a line for you / & all the things that you do"...cos that's not really much of a winner as far as pick up lines go. ;)

 

anyhoo, i think in general, the songs on their earlier albums were more apparent in the lyrics' meaning/themes. but for Viva La Vida & Prospekts' March, the songs' lyrics are more ambiguous & hence more open to different interpretations depending on how one looks at it.

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I can't go onto songmeanings.net anymore. There are so many idiots that insist every song is about George Bush or Jesus or are just plain ignorant and stupid. I've given my opinion on pretty much every song in one place or another so I'm not gonna write a ten page essay just so I can get your seal of approval. In any case Chris Martin does have a bunch of ambiguous lyrics in coldplay songs that are prone to debate. It sounds sort of rude to come in the forum proclaiming omniscience about such things.

 

But probably the reason you haven't seen many agreeable posts til now is because its usual the less intuitive people that speak the loudest in such matters.

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I agree.

 

I think people the OP comes off as a bit self-important to be honest.

 

Songs are open to interpretation. And often times with songs, no one will ever know what they were truly written about anyways. That doesnt mean you can't connect to it personally or whatever. Coldplay, Chris is particular, actually likes that their songs are be taken in many ways.

 

I'd have to agree about the lyrics being straight-foward and literal or whatever too.

 

Thank you so much - you are right on with that -I mean I am sure that my interpretations of some of their songs are not in sync with others but that's def what music is (to me) and thats why Coldplay touches so many of us with their harmonous lyrics!!!

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Prospekt.

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i posted my take on Viva la vida but I'm tired of reading that it has to do with Jesus of with Napoleon so I gave up even going there anymore

 

Yeah. Interviewer's always think they know what it's about and often ask if it's about a former Prime Minister. Which is a bit crazy.

 

But Will actually once said to him, when he hears that song it's about relationships. Being in one, and then screwing it up and ending up alone or whatever.

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