Guess coldplay song

[guy42]

No.

If you don't know the story, I've copied the plot here from Wikipedia.

 

 

Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah. Commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," Jonah instead seeks to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going to Jaffa, identified as Joppa or Joppe, and sailing to Tarshish, which, geographically, is in the opposite direction. A huge storm arises and the sailors, realizing that it is no ordinary storm, cast lots and discover that Jonah is to blame. Jonah admits this and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease. The sailors try to dump as much cargo as possible before giving up, but feel forced to throw him overboard, at which point the sea calms. The sailors then offer sacrifices to God. Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large whale-like fish in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. God commands the fish to spew Jonah out.

God again commands Jonah to visit Nineveh and prophesy to its inhabitants. This time he goes and enters the city, crying, "In forty days Nineveh shall be overthrown." After Jonah has walked across Nineveh, the people of Nineveh begin to believe his word and proclaim a fast. The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. God sees their repentant hearts and spares the city at that time. The entire city is humbled and broken with the people (and even the animals) in sackcloth and ashes. Even the king comes off his throne to repent.

Displeased by this, Jonah refers to his earlier flight to Tarshish while asserting that, since God is merciful, it was inevitable that God would turn from the threatened calamities. He then leaves the city and makes himself a shelter, waiting to see whether or not the city will be destroyed. God causes a plant (in Hebrew a Kikayon) to grow over Jonah's shelter to give him some shade from the sun. Later, God causes a worm to bite the plant's root and it withers. Jonah, now being exposed to the full force of the sun, becomes faint and desires that God take him out of the world.

And God said to Jonah: "Art thou greatly angry for the

Kikayon

?" And he said: "I am greatly angry, even unto death."

And the LORD said: "Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night;

and should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?"

— Book of Jonah, chapter 4, verses 9-11

 

 

[Nie]

a little boy lost in a breaking storm

 

The world turned upside down

[guy42]

No

[coldplayisawesome]

Swallowed in the Sea?

[guy42]

Swallowed in the Sea?

Was guessed already.

[flockofbirds222]

No.

If you don't know the story, I've copied the plot here from Wikipedia.

 

 

Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah. Commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," Jonah instead seeks to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going to Jaffa, identified as Joppa or Joppe, and sailing to Tarshish, which, geographically, is in the opposite direction. A huge storm arises and the sailors, realizing that it is no ordinary storm, cast lots and discover that Jonah is to blame. Jonah admits this and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease. The sailors try to dump as much cargo as possible before giving up, but feel forced to throw him overboard, at which point the sea calms. The sailors then offer sacrifices to God. Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large whale-like fish in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. God commands the fish to spew Jonah out.

God again commands Jonah to visit Nineveh and prophesy to its inhabitants. This time he goes and enters the city, crying, "In forty days Nineveh shall be overthrown." After Jonah has walked across Nineveh, the people of Nineveh begin to believe his word and proclaim a fast. The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. God sees their repentant hearts and spares the city at that time. The entire city is humbled and broken with the people (and even the animals) in sackcloth and ashes. Even the king comes off his throne to repent.

Displeased by this, Jonah refers to his earlier flight to Tarshish while asserting that, since God is merciful, it was inevitable that God would turn from the threatened calamities. He then leaves the city and makes himself a shelter, waiting to see whether or not the city will be destroyed. God causes a plant (in Hebrew a Kikayon) to grow over Jonah's shelter to give him some shade from the sun. Later, God causes a worm to bite the plant's root and it withers. Jonah, now being exposed to the full force of the sun, becomes faint and desires that God take him out of the world.

And God said to Jonah: "Art thou greatly angry for the

Kikayon

?" And he said: "I am greatly angry, even unto death."

And the LORD said: "Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night;

and should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?"

— Book of Jonah, chapter 4, verses 9-11

 

Ahh now I remember.

 

Low? ("You see the world in black and white

Not painted right

You see no meaning to your life")

 

Or Things I Don't Understand? ("...Yeah, these are things that I don't understand

I can't and I can't decide

Wrong, wrong from right")

[guy42]

Ahh now I remember.

 

Low? ("You see the world in black and white

Not painted right

You see no meaning to your life")

 

Or Things I Don't Understand? ("...Yeah, these are things that I don't understand

I can't and I can't decide

Wrong, wrong from right")

No lol, it kind of has to do with the actual story line, more along along the lines of what Nie was guessing.

[42Escapist]

Oceans?

[Nie]

Violet Hill?

 

the captain of some sinking ship

[I ran away]

Bucket for a crown ?

[guy42]

So far no. You are on the track to look for the lyrics that describe Jonah's situation.

[42Escapist]

Amsterdam?

[guy42]

No

A little hint: it has to do with his situation before he was thrown overboard.

[I ran away]

Spies ? Show me the right way to go..

Animals ? But I should know which way to turn...

[Nie]

well he was in a storm so:

 

The fall of man (love got over that storm)

Parachutes (stormy haze)

Midnight (in the swirling of the storm)

Fun (an ocean awaits for a storm)

[coldplayisawesome]

Was guessed already.

so it was, and only a few posts up :facepalm:

 

i don't think this is it, but I Ran Away kinda fits :lol:

[guy42]

So far no. Hint: it's not unreleased

[Nie]

Not unreleased

 

That is cutting it down (not) [emoji1]

[guy42]

Well maybe for you it isn't. Most of us would normally have to go search for unreleased lyrics. (Btw, can I have your lyrics file? :))

[Nie]

But not unreleased = released or a B-side

[guy42]

Yes, but the lyrics to B-sides are still very accessible. Coldplay's website has all of them in one place.

 

Although I will come out with another hint and say it's not a B-side either :)

[I ran away]

Btw, can I have your lyrics file? :))

Haha, I think @guy42 just stated what many of us have been thinking for ages :D

[Nie]

In my place?

[guy42]

No. Think about what happened on the boat before he was overthrown. At first the crew didn't want to do it, but when the storm wouldn't stop, they had to.

[Nie]

Viva la vida?