The Philosopher

Is there some connection between this one and 42? - 42: "You thought you might be a ghost, you didn’t get to heaven but you made it close". - Ghost Story: "Maybe I'm just a ghost, disappear when anybody's close, go through you when you travel, travel over near", "Maybe I'm just a ghost, emptied by 'em, anybody knows, maybe I'm on a rose, or am I even here?", "Maybe I'm a ghost, just a whisper in a perfect smoke, a secret that nobody knows, no one will ever hear", "Oh, maybe I'm a ghost, specter of the wrong cause, fallen out of rose, something people fear".

I think that what the voices are saying, is not english, but in other language. I think that what they are saying is written in the rings at the end of the visual album as some other lyrics, while O is being played. But what are they exactly saying? What is it written there? I can't decipher it. Can someone help?

Yeah, AIMH alongside O are probably my favourites of the album, but Ghost Story and All My Friends are on the same level or even higher for me!

From what I've seen, it looks like there's a consensus regarding that Coldplay's bonus tracks/b-sides are the best things they know to do. Who else thinks that they are probably the best songs from this era? Who's on board?!

Although I like Ghost Stories (including the 3 bonus tracks) as it is, I would be happy with more old school drums.

Oh God this song is amazing alongside Ghost Story. So beautiful, so sexy. The "open fire" part gets absolutely stuck in your head.

Why has this to be just one minute and a half long? Why?! It should have been like 3 or 4 minutes long at least... It's such a masterpiece.

As I imagined, there's no a guitar driven song like Chinese Sleep Chant or Major Minus. The closest thing is Ghost Story, which for me is the best thing on the album. And the strangest one (And I like it)

I think I have finally found my favourite track!

Somebody PM me the songs, please!

I think that Ink resembles of one song from the Viva era and they have reinvented it, but I can't remember which song. Can anyone help me to find it out? It's not Strawberry Swing. Could it be from other era then?

THIS!

It reminds me a little of the X&Y sound, and that's why I like it, because I'm one of those that love X&Y. And that guitar sound is scary!

Well, finally maybe it's not my favourite track on the album, because it's clear that it's not what I expected, but I think I like it anyways. I think this one has a tribal/exotic vibe through the song, and reminds me of Strawberry Swing somehow. It's probably the catchiest song on the album, beside Magic and A Sky Full Of Stars, so maybe the next single?

Basically this overall.

Today I dreamt that Ghost Stories was just leaked and that, furthermore, it was a double album separated in two discs, including the tracks we already know and other ones with superlong and strange titles. What a pity that this is not going to be real and that I don't remember the other titles.

I hope this is something like A Rush of Blood to the Head, the song, instead of something like Parachutes or Mylo Xyloto, also the songs.

Don't worry, we can still have hope in Will playing traditional drums in the bonus tracks.

Why so much mystery about this track?? They haven't played it in the last concerts. Does it have something special? Does someone remember that was in the previous concerts remember something about it? How does it sound? Is it the strangest song in the album, full of weird sounds and that's why they haven't played it as much as they have played the other ones?

No please.

Man, this has to be amazing.

When is Target going to reveal the length of the bonus tracks? I am curious about that right now. Maybe we won't know it until it is released?

I think Coldplay will release something new even before U2's new album.

Do you think that the next album will have a shorter name again or it will be long like the last 3 albums?

This is a good conclusion!