Speed of Sound:
"how long am i gonna stand
with my head stuck under the sand?
...
ideas that you'll never find
all the inventors could never design
the buildings that you put up
japan and china, all lit up
...
all those signs, i knew what they meant
somethings you can't invent
some get made and some get sent
...
and birds go flying at the speed of sound
to show you how it all began"
all of Death And All His Friends
all of Cemeteries of London
Glass of Water:
"scared of losing all the time
he wrote it in a letter
he was a friend of mine
he heard you could see your future
inside a glass of water
the ripples and the lines
and he asked 'will i see heaven in mine?'
...
so he wrote it on the wall
the hollowest of halos is no halo at all"
The World Turned Upside Down:
"well you don't know that you've been born
can't see the calm until the storm
can't tell your right side from your wrong
you can't see the wave you're riding on"
Viva la Vida:
"listen as the croud would sing
now the old king is dead, long live the king
one minute i held the key
next the walls were closed on me
and i discovered that my castles stand
upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand"
Prospekt's March:
"don't you wish that life could be as simple
as fish swimming round in a barrel
when you've got the gun?
oh and i'll run"
The Hardest Part:
"everything i know is wrong
and everything i do, it just comes undone
and everything is torn apart
oh and that's the hardest part"