SupermassiveCPnerd

^I'm glad we're getting to be a little more on the same page now. :) And yeah, you're right--I could have worded it much better, and I can see how you could interpret it wrong, because my intentions may not have been entirely understandable in "wherever". Once again, I just basically meant your outlook on life is going to determine your happiness during whatever life might throw your way. I know that it might sound like a corny, over-used adage, but I've found it to be true. Once again, I'm sorry I wasn't clear, and that my post sparked all of this controversy. I meant well by it, but I'll be very careful from now on to try and be as clear as possible, because I certainly did not mean to be so unclear in my post that it could be interpreted as anything so far from my original point. I hope I've made it all clear now what I meant all along, but if not I'd be happy to make positively sure. And I'm glad you say you can go along with my way of seeing the lyrics now, and even like to think of them in that way, too. :) Hopefully things are worked out now...?

Perhaps when I posted "if you don't find happiness in wherever you are now, you won't find happiness anywhere else" I should have put probably won't be happy anywhere else. What I meant was, you can't always choose your particular circumstances, no, but you can choose how to react to your circumstances, by either allowing them to bring you down, or refusing to let them. I'm sorry if it didn't sound like that in my original post, but this was what I meant. Do you sort of get my initial meaning now?? How you can either let life bring you down, or you can be determined to try to always make the best of it (which does NOT ever mean settling)? Sorry if I'm not so great with words, but my initial point was just to say that life is a gift in itself to be thankful for, and ultimately that's what Paradise's lyrics communicate to me.

^Perfect post!! :lol:

Yes, it would. What it means is that, say, you aren't as rich as you wish or you don't have the perfect car, or you don't have everything you think you want, so you're unhappy. I know SO many people who are unhappy with life because they don't have "everything they want". I don't have everything I want either, but I still enjoy life and am thankful for all that I do have. And wait--I'm not saying that you should EVER settle for anything but the best in life, but on your way to the best, instead of just longing for when you'll finally get there, if you are optimistic, and focus on all of the things you DO have to be thankful for right now then you'll certainly enjoy the ride there a lot more. Say, I grew up poor. Say, I was the laughed at, looked down on kid a lot of times because I didn't always have the "best" and I was often depressed and unsatisfied with my life. But then one day I chose to just be thankful for all I do have, and therefore, by choosing to do that, I have been immensely happier in all aspects of my life ever since? We all have trials, we all have aspects of our lives which may not be "ideal," but I'm sure that all of us have at least something to be thankful for, do we not? But I didn't post that to shove my beliefs down anyone's throat or say that my opinion is superior to anyone else's. We all have our own ways of finding happiness, and this is mine, as well as a lot of other people I know, and it works for us. I only posted to give my opinion on this thread, because I love CP's latest album and would like to show it. As I've said, I respect everyone's opinion, so you Cobalt, and anyone else, has every right in the world to disagree with me. But I'm comfortable with my life and with who I am and with my own opinions, and I'll stick by my opinions, just as everyone else will have their own opinions. And that is 100% okay.

^How so?

Hello and welcome to both of you! :D

I have a cat almost identical to the one in that pic...:lol: I think he eats too much. :nod: And aw, one of my favourite pics of the amazing Chris Martin!! :wacky:

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Yes, yes it is. :D And if people are "tired" of it...why can't they just chill and listen to something else?? :thinking:

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Not sure where you got Danny from, but there's also a Jonny Greenwood in RH, as well as Colin Greenwood. :P

Just found this thread today!! Always thrilled to see RH appreciation threads...GO Colin!! :wacky:

Ah, the special-ness wasn't dampened too much...I still feel special...The Awesome Random Posting Thread is the dwelling of the funniest Coldplayers there are. :lol:

Ooh a new Oasis song?? :thinking: MUST check it out!! *Going to search for it right now* :smug:

^AMEN!! To all you people constantly Coldplay bashing, I joined Coldplaying because I love Coldplay and would like to celebrate them...but it seems people like the ones who created this thread just joined only to go on and on and on about what all Coldplay needs to change. And people like you all who just moan really tick me off. I love Coldplay. And even if they never do another great song again (which, I have all the faith in the world in them, and no amount of others putting down CP is going to change that), they've already given the world enough amazing music to make them absolutely timeless, so I always will love them. And I feel that this opinion of mine is valid since I am on COLDPLAYING (being a fansite FOR Coldplay) and all...

Somehow I feel extremely honoured to be able to post here on The Awesome Random Posting Thread...sorta like being able to sit at the cool kid's table during lunch at school or something...:shy:

COME ON AND GET YOUR OVERDOSE...COLLECT IT AT THE BORDERLINE...THEY WANNA GET UP IN YOUR HEAD... As always, ridiculously obsessed with this song. :D

Oh, and sorry I forgot to add since you're new MyloXyloTom WELCOME TO COLDPLAYING!!!! :)

I know! :lol: I thought I was losing my mind when every time I'd scroll down in the thread, I'd see someone with a different username saying word for word the EXACT same thing. :inquisitive: But to comment on the point of this thread, I suppose no one knows for sure, but I'm certainly hoping for an EP like Prospekt's March!! :nod: *Fingers crossed for sure!!*

March 3rd, 2012. :nod:

^I basically agree with you. First of all, I LOVE Paradise's lyrics. They are very meaningful and moving. They remind people that happiness is a choice, that people are only about as happy as they make their minds up to be, and that if you don't find happiness in wherever you are right now, you won't be happy anywhere else. Paradise is a state of mind. That's what the song means, and in my own opinion, it's a very great and powerful meaning...something that, if a lot more people could only realise, there'd be so much more happiness on ths earth. Us Against the World makes me cry every time I hear it...its words are just amazing. Also Up With the Birds, Up In Flames, and U.F.O. make me very emotional. That means there's some substance at least to these songs, if they can move a person to tears. While I will say that yes, MX is WAY different from anything else CP has ever done, I think they've earned the right to experiment a bit, and to be honest MX grows on me more and more each time I hear it. I just love it. And it's fine if someone else doesn't like it, we're all entitled to our own opinions, and certain songs may not always speak to everyone in the same way. While I honestly would love to see CP go back to their Rush of Blood era sound a bit more for future albums, they've already given us SO much ridiculously awesome music, I feel it's rather sacrilegious to complain. And I don't believe for a single second that money and fame is getting to Chris Martin's songwriting abilities. CP is still the most refreshingly humble band I know of, and I find that quite awesome, considering they have just as much right as anyone to let fame go to their heads. Chris Martin's songwriting, in my opinion, is just as great as ever, he's just experimenting a bit. And while I respect everyone's opinion, this is mine. And no matter WHAT anyone does, no one can please everyone ALL the time, and, quite frankly, as long as Chris Martin is putting his whole heart and soul into songwriting (which, watching him perform with such soul, I don't think anyone could ever say all of his music isn't extremely special to him), that's all I really care.

Awesome!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :lol:

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