ricardo Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Just sayin'. I mean, really, can somone explain this to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdplayingfromKansas Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hrmm . . . I think what Chris is trying to say is that this girl may use her heart to break his (by telling him she doesn't love him anymore) but he still continues to love her despite what she's done. It hurts, but he relishes it because he knows that for all the pain she caused him, he's still going to love her. i.e. --> love hurts, but it's still worth having EDIT: hope this makes sense :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancakesTheBand Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hrmm . . . I think what Chris is trying to say is that this girl may use her heart to break his (by telling him she doesn't love him anymore) but he still continues to love her despite what she's done. It hurts, but he relishes it because he knows that for all the pain she caused him, he's still going to love her. i.e. --> love hurts, but it's still worth having EDIT: hope this makes sense :confused: This is what I thought, it's supposed to be like another way to say 'Bittersweet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2GreenEyes Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Well, I get sometimes that something is so beautiful and so pretty and so amazing and I love it so much that it hurts. I don't know, something can just be so perfect that it hurts. Probably has something to do with the more you love something, the more afraid you are to lose it, and you want it to be closer then it can be. I don't know, something like that probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdplayingfromKansas Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 ^ as;djghaskiufbsdjbo Well done, sir, you just explained in one word what I couldn't in a whole paragraph! :awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplayisawesome Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 i was thinking that this phrase is supposed to be an ironic/sarcastic way of saying that he's happy. so, it doesn't actually hurt at all. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu'kaa Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 You use your heart as a weapon, and it hurts like heaven. Cheesy, but not difficult to understand. And I guess it's a kind of an oxymoron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleggy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's a pun on the common saying 'it hurts like hell.' I suppose that's why it's a upbeat, positive song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's a pun on the common saying 'it hurts like hell.' I suppose that's why it's a upbeat, positive song. The word pun does not mean what you think it means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_escapist Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 going to heaven means that you're dead - and that hurts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuvcoldplay Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 it depends on the context in which it is used and something can hurt but still be wonderful, like sometimes love hurts but then it's still a wonderful feeling :heart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 He wanted to say hurts like hell but preffers not swearing. Their next song will be called Fudge You, and will be a Lily Allen cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoryABjerre Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 now you made me think of this thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdplayingfromKansas Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 it depends on the context in which it is used and something can hurt but still be wonderful, like sometimes love hurts but then it's still a wonderful feeling :heart: Now that you say that, I'm reminded of the lyrics to EtiaW "You can hurt, hurt me bad/but I'll still raise the flag" Maybe, like EtiaW, Hurts Like Heaven is a protest song of sorts. He's being beaten into the dirt, but what he believes in is finally being recognized. With Hurts Like Heaven, maybe the only way he is going to get noticed by this girl is in a negative way. She may spite him and turn her nose up, but he's still being noticed, and that makes the pain wonderful. I have no idea where I come up with these crazy theories :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoryABjerre Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 "You can hurt, hurt me bad/but I'll still raise the flag" You know the expression, I will do with or without you, willingly or forced the door with a flag it's like the expression on Violet Hill, clip Chris, I'm jealous of the guys it's me and only me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuvcoldplay Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 "You can hurt, hurt me bad/but I'll still raise the flag" You know the expression, I will do with or without you, willingly or forced the door with a flag it's like the expression on Violet Hill, clip Chris, I'm jealous of the guys it's me and only me Raise the flag means I surrender, I'm not going to argue /fight with you. Back in the days when armies surrendered during battles they would raise the (white) flag as an indication that they were not going to fight back. So even if you hurt him bad (maybe the media, critics etc ) he is not going to fight back, he'll still raise the flag in surrender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 My point actually was that the title is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destrokk Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I hope it doesn't ruin the song. It might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Well the music seems promising at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoryABjerre Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Raise the flag means I surrender, I'm not going to argue /fight with you. Back in the days when armies surrendered during battles they would raise the (white) flag as an indication that they were not going to fight back. So even if you hurt him bad (maybe the media, critics etc ) he is not going to fight back, he'll still raise the flag in surrender. [/size][/b] yes is Viva La Vida cover and is always women have flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBalloon Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 It reminds me the song Tears in Heaven. As I am a reincarnation believer [almost buddhist] - no human reincarnation can run away from love entanglement [consciously or unconsciously, mixing love with other instincts/desires - many crossings, many decisions and results - nothing can be permanent but an accumulative awareness of unconditional love - hell or heaven might be the psychological coordination for either being close to the Light or not], because, through which only which we can... there are karma or prices along the journey - no matter how painful [different pains and different causes; avoidable or unavoidable] it is you would not regret to go through the transformation. Any pursuit beyond perceptional [either physical or psychological; sometimes unnecessary] suffering has a sense of heaven, such as giving a birth to a new life - there is sth. behind all the visible. Even the doorway is painful to get through, you still choose to come back again because you still have sth. unfulfilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 To me. the trials and strains of life make the releases and successes feel like heaven! One must work and struggle to feel a sense of triumph over adversity, and the joy of overcoming obstacles. There is no sense of warmth without feeling cold, nor sense of light without knowing darkness. Work like hell, feel like heaven - if you've got a good pair of shoes on. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartroc Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Haha, no...Hurts Like Heaven is almost assuredly about someone who is toying with the narrator's heart, but he loves every second of the pain because it's better than being ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe_Martin Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 why do people have to go into details with titles!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuvcoldplay Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 heaven is painful because you have to die to get there and though its supposed to be this ultimate paradise no body wants to die really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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