Lyrics for God Put A Smile Upon Your Face as interpreted by zygoticmynci

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face Lyrics
where do we go, nobody knows
i've gotta say i'm on my way down
god gave me style and gave me grace
and put a smile upon my face

where do we go to draw the line
i've gotta say, i wasted all your time, oh honey honey
where do i go to fall from grace
god put a smile upon your face, aww yeah

ahh when you work it out i'm worse than you
yeah when you work it out, i want it too
now when we work out where to draw the line
your guess is as good as mine...

where do we go, nobody knows
don't ever say you're on your way down, well
god gave you style and gave you grace
and put a smile upon your face

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recycled_clicks
07-22-2002

Rated +1 
... luuuuuuuuuv it :)

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crashintome
08-27-2002

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just got the new cd today but so far this is my favorite..the cd's a lil different...not so mellow..but good..

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BuckWilder
09-07-2002

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I think there's a couple key errors in lyrics on this one. I think in the first verse he's saying "God give me style and give me grace, got put a smile upon my face". The difference is that I think he's begging God for some sort of hope. He feels without style or grace and he's depressed and he's looking for God to give him the gifts that God supposedly gave the other person in the song. To me the song is about two people in a relationship. One is completely depressed and feels without hope while the other seems to have a sense of what he/she is doing. When compared the first is the worse of the two because he wasn't given God's grace....

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paranoidandroidhead
09-09-2002

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I think BuckWilder is correct about the lyrics. I just saw Coldplay live, and I was surprised at how unmelancholy the concert was, it was super-loud when I sort of expected a Parachutes kind of quietness. This song was awesome live.

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rachiebug
09-10-2002

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oh mylanta! this is awesome,,,they never seem to let me down, and their lyrics can always somehow relate to my life.

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Lemonhead
09-16-2002

Rated -2 
Don't like this at all - why do people like it - horrible.

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Benny-X
09-17-2002

Rated +1 
You think its horrible? Well whatever, your opinion, I like it a lot. The guitar is awesome in this song but it is pretty different from the songs on Parachutes. It's a great album though. This really isnt going anywhere else so thats it I guess..

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stuckonmonday
03-24-2003

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I'm just now getting in to coldplay, and i think its good. i just got a rush of blood to the head and plan on getting the rest of their albums.

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candyxcore
05-02-2003

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This song is so lovely! I just got into Coldplay recently and I'm so glad I did! A Rush Of Blood To The Head is fantastic!
And this song just fucking rules!

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Sinface
05-05-2003

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This is a great song 'when you work it out i'm worse than you' - thats a great line :)

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TheHappiestColour
05-06-2003

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BuckWilder's right i suppose. I prefer Parachutes though, but this is the best song on their album; along with, warning sign, rush of blood to the head, green eyes, a whisper, daylight, clocks

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*FelipeVox*
06-14-2003

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One of the coolest of rush of blood to the head ;)
should be a single...

it´s a happy song...

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MikkiMouse
07-06-2003

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This song is gonna be the next single to be released from AROBTTH, so i expect there will be a lot more comments soon!
This song is relly nice. I think its about a guy not having a lot of hope and doesnt believe in himself, but the other person has, and believes in their gifts. At the end of the song, he kinda realises this.
Does that make sense?!

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belteshazzar
10-07-2004

Rated +2 
You'll find the meaing of this song in the Bible.

9What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10As it is written:
"There is no one righteous, not even one;
11there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
12All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one."
Romans 3:9

You've got to say that you're on your way down, because no-one is righteous, not even one.
So, the answer to the question where do we go? Heaven or Hell? must be Hell.
Where do we draw the line? Good or Bad? We're bad.
Who is good enough to enter into Heaven? No-one, everyone has sinned.

BUT

God gave us grace. Grace means giving something that has not been earned.

Where do we go to fall from grace? You can't! God's grace is all encompassing. It includes everyone. There is no-one who is bad enough to be rejected by God.

So, don't ever say you're on your way down! God won't reject you, but you can reject God. That's free will.

Just Believe, and God will put a smile upon your face!

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OpinionHead
10-25-2004

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Why do people hate Coldplay? I like "A Rush of Blood to the Head" and it's a half-decent album. The last time I checked (the last time I listened to the radio), they weren't being blasted across my local radio station or across VH1. Are they really that bad?

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Loose Tongue
11-13-2004

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As opposed to the spirtual The Scientist, GPASOYF is an agnostic song. See the reverse psychology of the Coldplay titles...TS being 'believing' is contradictory to the traditional Science/Religion wars/debates.

'...now when we work out where to draw the line
your guess is as good as mine...'
This is the essence of the song, as it's sung many times. In the end, all the atheists, deists, nihilist, anarchists, Muslims, Christains, Buddhists, Evangilicals etc et al have something of value to say, as it all tries to find the answer to the Time Immemorial (a glorious mission to find The Invisisble One?/Crowded House/Neil Finn) question of whether there is a God. So in the end nobody really knows, and we all are AGNOSTIC: undecided/sitting on the fence to some degree.
The opening verse is about uncertainity, there are too many choices, human beings don't know which road to take, there's too much clutter in today's rat race capitilist society. The third verse is stating the infallible human insecurity/inferiority complex/loneliness, we always put ourselves down, we devalue our opinions for fear of rejection...so when one of us works it out, finds all the questions to life problems/mysteries/puzzles...we all all want to know that answer...so please share it: long live bi-polar Ambivalent Agnosticism (ala John Lennon's Imagine)...sometimes believer, sometimes skeptic.

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TREXOR
11-30-2004

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it's happy

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Litz_Awake
12-17-2004

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This is such a good and empowering song that everytime i hear it, brings me to ecstasy and joy. It really puts a smile on my face. Gives me that lifting of praise moment.

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Radiogod
12-23-2004

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My favourite song by Coldplay. I'm surprised there aren't many posts here. The lyrics are awesome, and deep. Has much meaning in it. Rock on Coldplay.

I kind of interpret this song as, we are all dust in gods eyes, and so we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously, we should be happy with what we have and that we are alive.

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Emberly
01-16-2005

Rated +1 
this song is absolutely lovely.

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ILOVELIFE
01-18-2005

Rated 0 
I like the chorus but I think every thing else is fucking annoying. Worst song off the album.

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opticalayeaye
04-30-2005

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Am I the only one who doesn't like this song much?
I mean, I love the CD and listen to the other songs a lot, but this song is just too...cheesy.

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Dumdblonde16
05-11-2005

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I think its just poetry...

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stryker311
06-28-2005

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good song good piano, good lyrics!

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TheSOADGirl
07-23-2005

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Being a Christian, I interpret this in a literal manner. I do believe that, in the end, however happy I can get, it's always my God that brings a smile upon my face. I can have everything in the world, but if I feel I've done things to upset God, I never feel happy until I've fixed what is wrong.

The music in this song was what first drawed me to this song. Quite catchy, I must say.

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