I ran away

But at first they would have to stay in London, for it was in the middle of term. Chris stammered awkwardly "So, I'm, uhm, Chris. I play guitar and I play, uhm, the singing. Let's do a guitar jam session together - what's your name, by the way ?"

I like your theory !!

While the shy boy quickly put his guitar aside, as if he felt ashamed for having been overheard playing it, Chris took a step towards him and said "That was great ! You know, I play the guitar too !"

The instant he walked in, the guitar sound stopped and a shy, slightly chubby student with reddish hair looked up at him, startled.

I would replace Swallowed in the Sea with What If, then it would be perfect for me ! But X&Y is near perfection also in its original form !

Oh and for the record, I have never literally been either drunk or high.

Of course love is more than that, I was just referring to the joy of seeing someone you have a crush on (the ardent "in love" feeling as opposed to loving someone, cause they are two different things) :)

This thread has gone badly off-topic with all our personal life stories here :D

One winter evening, he just returned home from an afternoon lecture, wrapped in a coat since it was cold outside, and was walking up the stairs to his room when he heard a faint guitar sound coming from the hallway above him.

I just read a Youtube comment underneath a cover of the Scientist posted by someone in 2014 which said "I love Coldplay, but I've never heard of this song !" o_O Welcome to the new generation of Coldplay fans.

I like a A Whisper :) It's atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere ! Please don't compare it to XMTS.

Actually I like that transition with the wedding-like bells after seeing the video in GS Live. It fits so perfectly, with Chris hitting the water. As for AHFOD, I agree, the album just doesn't have any flow whatsoever. Album with the best flow still remains AROBTTH.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds => AOAL or Everglow ?

You know what just happened ? I was sitting in my room, door closed, and my roommate was sitting in front of the TV. Suddenly I hear the riff of AOAL loudly through the door ! I hesitated for some seconds then I went out of my room and into the living room. Turns out it was only a stupid Beats advertisement !! In order not to stand around awkwardly I grabbed a glass of milk from the kitchen corner to give a "purpose" to my coming out of my room (a purpose other than, "Oh I just heard 5 seconds of a Coldplay song and got excited !") Now I'm back in my room and have to drink that stupid milk, grrrrrrr.

Toronto 2006, probably ! May the odds be ever in your favor !

Since Chris also mistook Rumi for being Afghan instead of Persian, maybe he just misspelled Rumi... o_O

I wanna live in that room !!

No, it's definitely Chris (voice modified electronically,but you can still tell that it's Chris).

I have the same feeling. I have never seen them live though. If only I coudl turn time back and go to the AROBTTH or Twisted Logic Tour... :(

Interesting thought, but I heard the band first worked on the the title track. Maybe Fun and Everglow still were very early in the process, though !

Yes, but every "big" artist is. Do you think Coldplay isn't ?

If i had the chance to meet them and tell them my opinion, I would be honest about it. It is not a requirement to like everything the bands put out, and they dont seem to care so much what people think of them. Besides, I guess even they realize the value of fans who have been with them all the time. I hope they know that without the fans of their early work, they would not be where they are now.

An identity crisis may well be the explanation. We all know Chris used to be a very sensitive, constantly-worrying person. After his marriage breakup and along with getting older, I think he tries to shun out all negativity from his life and tries to consciously be happy. His getting older may also incite in him the wish to still feel young. Take these together with the crowd he started hanging out with a couple of years ago when he entered the Hollywood sphere and you get the music that Coldplay is currently making.

Oh Jaytheblue got it ! It was written as a tribute to Johnny Cash !