"Good things are coming my way!"

The two of us we drove

A speeding ghost and a shadow

Luminous the road to the sea

we swam from the shallows

to bottle lightnings glow

where we're gonna run

god only knows

take your arrow and shoot

 

:angry:

"and if we could foooooooat away, rise up to the surface and just start again"

"On concrete canvas, i'll be making my mark"

It's too hard to choose. Us Against the World is a lyrical masterpiece in it's entirety. I'd go as far as to say it contends for the best Coldplay song (lyrically) ever. Too many good lines to quote in it, I'd have to quote the whole song honestly. Up with the Birds is up there lyrically as well imo. Chris has these flashes of absolute lyrical brilliance every one in awhile. The Scientist and Viva la Vida are great examples.

A simple plot

But I know one day

Good things are coming our way

 

Arguably the best lyrics in the album <3

And with UATW I really like how he goes 'sing....' like the days of Parachutes. And there's no ooh ooh ooh's like a lot of the others on MX. :P

"Lift off this blindfold let me see again"

"The arrow they shot trying to tear us apart"

"Can we pour some water on?"

"It's a spark in a sea of grey"

 

"Para para paradise"

"lalalalalala"

 

Kidding on the last two:P

A tie between the first/second line of the album and the last line.

 

"Written in graffiti on a bridge in a park: Do you ever get the feeling that you're missing the mark?" or "Written up in marker on a factory sign: I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine."

 

"But I know one thing....Good things are coming our way."

..and lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain, just erodes us in the rain, just erodes us and see roses in the rain

I also love "And if we could just float away, fly up to the surface, and just start again, and lift off before trouble "

 

Evertime I hear this I think of the double meaning it could have in the band's point of view.

 

Think about it. :)

 

And I totally enjoy lyrics in UATW. Especially Will's lines.