November 20, 201114 yr ^^yes, the official lyrics were posted in this thread, see page 8 or http://coldplay.com/recordings.php I was asking about the meaning of the line: "My drunken hazard daniel in a lion's den". EDIT: Ok, I feel silly. I just saw that the Oracle answered this question: http://www.coldplaying.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7707 Wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_in_the_lions%27_den I still feel a little bit confused as Bible stories are not really my strongest point but I will try to understand. In the meantime if someone has the knowledge to give me a short explanation I would totally appreciate it :)
December 12, 201114 yr yeah i'm having some doubts here too. can someone explain this please? What is it with everyone on this site and not understanding lyrics unless they're straight-forward and logical? Lol, it's all good though, I understand how the line can be confusing if you try to understand it as a logical sentence, which it isn't and isn't meant to be. Lyrics, like poetry, don't always have to work rationally and logically as a sentence. This line is playing with suggestion like imagist poetry does. It combines the images of "drunken hazard" and "daniel in a lion's den" to basically depict someone in a really bad place. A drunken hazard, someone who is a drunk and a danger to himself is being combined with the image of daniel in the lion's den, which is scary for obvious reasons. Basically Daniel was thrown in the lion's den for having faith in God and praying, which was against the law because the king thought that no one should worship anyone but him. Daniel was thrown into the lion's den for his "crimes" against the king but because of his faith in God, God protected him from the lions and he came out unscathed the following day. Now imagine being there drunk... Yeah... that's where the speaker of these lyrics is at. But I think the Daniel reference also adds a bit of hope for getting out if you have faith though.
December 16, 201114 yr I just saw your explanation in other thread and I was going to post it here and thank you. Thank you :) It's just that these lyrics referred the name "Daniel" so I immediately knew I was missing something and then I found out the Bible context.
January 4, 201214 yr What is it with everyone on this site and not understanding lyrics unless they're straight-forward and logical? Lol, it's all good though, I understand how the line can be confusing if you try to understand it as a logical sentence, which it isn't and isn't meant to be. Lyrics, like poetry, don't always have to work rationally and logically as a sentence. This line is playing with suggestion like imagist poetry does. It combines the images of "drunken hazard" and "daniel in a lion's den" to basically depict someone in a really bad place. A drunken hazard, someone who is a drunk and a danger to himself is being combined with the image of daniel in the lion's den, which is scary for obvious reasons. Basically Daniel was thrown in the lion's den for having faith in God and praying, which was against the law because the king thought that no one should worship anyone but him. Daniel was thrown into the lion's den for his "crimes" against the king but because of his faith in God, God protected him from the lions and he came out unscathed the following day. Now imagine being there drunk... Yeah... that's where the speaker of these lyrics is at. But I think the Daniel reference also adds a bit of hope for getting out if you have faith though. you know, poetry, as beautiful as it is, and this song is disarmingly beautiful, is much more complicated to get into the meaning when it is not in your mother language (plus the bible reference, but that is easy to google it).it is like... i think in english you would say "The lights are on but nobody's home". so a wide clarification is very helpful. thanks a lot for your detailed explanation.
January 15, 201214 yr I recently bought a Sony Walkman and have promptly filled it up with music.... however it says it can read .LRC files with Lyrics and displays them.... I have not looked into it much at all but was wondering if there were anything pre-made for all Coldplay's albums that I can download? If not I will probably have to go through and make them up myself, but if they were already done then it'd save me from having to do this! Anyone know anything? :)
December 12, 201213 yr Amazing Lyrics Oh morning, come bursting the clouds, amen Lift off this blindfold, let me see again Bring back the water, let your ships roll in In my heart she left a hole The tightrope that I'm walking just sways and ties The devil as he's talking with those angel's eyes And I just wanna be there when the lightening strikes And the saints go marching in Sing slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Like a river to a raindrop, I lost a friend My/I'm drunken as a Daniel in a lion's den And tonight I know it all has to begin again So whatever you do, don't let go And if we could float away Fly up to the surface and just start again And lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us, just erodes us in the rain, sing Slow it down Slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Hopefully this can give some insight to the rest of you
December 12, 201213 yr I love Us Against The World! Dude you have a fucking awesome name. I hope to one day own a Fender '72 Thinline Telecaster. That's my dream electric guitar :dazzled:
December 12, 201213 yr I love Us Against The World! Dude you have a fucking awesome name. I hope to one day own a Fender '72 Thinline Telecaster. That's my dream electric guitar :dazzled:
December 15, 201213 yr Oh morning, come bursting the clouds, amen Lift off this blindfold, let me see again Bring back the water, let your ships roll in In my heart she left a hole The tightrope that I'm walking just sways and ties The devil as he's talking with those angel's eyes And I just wanna be there when the lightening strikes And the saints go marching in Sing slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Like a river to a raindrop, I lost a friend My drunken hazard, Daniel in a lion's den And tonight I know it all has to begin again So whatever you do, don't let go And if we could float away Fly up to the surface and just start again And lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us, just erodes us in the rain, sing Slow it down Slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Hopefully this can give some insight to the rest of you That's what this songbook says...
May 9, 20179 yr no one? not even native speakers? It is gramitacally correct, and it literaly means "my drunken (when you drink to much alcohol and it startts to affect you) hazard (dangerous or danger warning), Daniel in a lion's den (in the "home" of a lion, aka somewhere dangerous)", the second part of the phrase is a Bilblical reference.
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