coldplayist

Actually, the winner keeps changing all the time. As of September 28, 2005 it is "White Shadows" at 46%, while "Talk" is at 44% and "Swallowed in the Sea" is at 10%. I voted "White Shadows" because "Talk" just doesn't strike me as third single material and "Swallowed in the Sea" wouldn't stick in the heads of listeners all day long, like "Yellow" and "Clocks" did. "White Shadows" has a fantastic tune and beat and the chorus is wonderful. It could do really well if given the chance.

I always considered the opening line - "You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me ..." - to be decidedly sad. Who would want someone to cut down a tree and bring the severed trunk back to someone else? Presumably someone they love/want to impress? How is that a good, positive thing? The fact that the next line is "... And that's what made me see where I was going wrong ..." makes me think that the narrator of the song see the destructive edge in the relationship they are in with whoever cut the tree down and realises that it is not the kind of relationship they want. However, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Fire away, kids!