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O.o who's?

it's my birthday? :freak:

Okay? You're just a little ray of sunshine aren't ye? :P

maybe it is "a love back home that unfolds?" or not... GAH this is so confusing!

This is one of the few Coldplay songs I can headbang... ever so slightly to. :laugh3: Headbang isn't the right word tho, I don't think. :laugh3:

They either need better mastering, or Chris needs better diction because all of us are having a hell of a hard time figuring out all the lyrics! :laugh3:

Violet Hill sounds a bit like Eternally Missed by Muse too me... but I'm thinking it's just the strong quarter note beat with the bass and drums, but I still would pick Eternally Missed over Violet Hill. :uhoh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y18p4R4Sis Oh, and don't watch the stupid slideshow. :laugh3: Totally detracts from the song...

lol, at first I thought Chris was singing "who the captain of some stinking shit..." :laugh3:

Bah I looked over that one completely! Well, it isn't that hard to do since every topic on the first page is about Violet Hill! :laugh3:

that makes a lot more sense! :laugh3: and the draft I posted earlier I made right after waking up and having two hours of sleep, so my senses weren't exactly in tune... :laugh3:

Yeah it sounds a bit like an "L" to me as well... but a pole that unfolds? a pull that unfolds? a pull that unfurls? :/

Apparently Violet Hill sounds a lot like a whole bunch of other songs, but I don't seem to follow a few apparent "similar" songs... my sister suggested "Strangelove" by Depeche Mode and "Take These Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister. :laugh3: What do you guys think VH sounds like? Personally this song reminds me a bunch of "Eternally Missed" by Muse. It's just the quarter note thing tho--and I have to admit, I think I like Eternally Missed a bit more, as much as I love Violet Hill...

so is this what we have so far? was a long and dark december from the rooftops i remember there was snow white snow clearly i remember from the windows they were watching while we froze down below when the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show you'd better lie low if you love me won't you let me know? was a long and dark december when the banks became cathedrals and the fog became God priests clutched onto bibles hollowed out to fit their rifles and the cross was held aloft bury me in armor when i'm dead and hit the ground a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!) if you love me won't you let me know? I don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship with stow, far below so if you love me why'd you let me go? i took my love down to violet hill there we sat in snow all that time she was silent still so if you love me won't you let me know? if you love me, won't you let me know?

Yeah I was thinking "with snow" made no sense, but it doesnt' sound like anything else! :( and yeah a love back home is wrong. I think something like: "my love's last poem that unfolds" "a love wrapped poem that unfolds" all I know that "love" and "unfold" is in there somewhere...

I think it's the strong quarter note beat--imagine everyone stomping to it in a huge venue... like WEMBLEY. :wideeyed:

+1 Couldn't say it better myself! And awesome sig and av, btw. :P

*nods in agreement*

are you sure? I listened to it in half speed over and over and it doesn't seem to fit. and to me it sounds sorta like he's saying armor, not honor. unless he's just saying honor sort of sloppily. again I listened to it in half speed numerous times...

holy crap, i totally forgot there's going to be a video for this! MOAR EXCITEMENT! :laugh3: It's a bit dark yeah? I wonder if the video will be as well. O.o

...wait, then what the heck do you want? :laugh3: ...listen to it again? :laugh3:

Yeah I didn't like it that much at first, but now I absolutely love it, after picking it apart trying to figure out the lyrics and such.

Waited all day, then slept at 2AM and woke up at 4AM and just when I turned to Radio 1 Chris and Jonny arrived in the studio. :laugh3: Now, I've gotta go to school--I've got a chem exam and plenty of other crap to do. :laugh3: And tomorrow's my birthday! This is one of the best burfday presents eva. :blush:

Yesss! I love this song. After trying to figure out the lyrics for the past few hours, I've really grown to like them! :laugh3: I'm almost compelled to say that this indeed is Coldplay's best song so far, at least lyrically. :freak:

or "my love's last poem that unfolds" maybe? GAH wtf I've been spending my whole morning trying to figure this out! :laugh3:

ohhhhhh