Lyrics for Clocks as interpreted by BuckWilder

Clocks Lyrics
Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I'm begging please
Singing: Come out, all things unsaid
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
The tiger's waiting to be tamed

Singing:
You are
You are

Confusion never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop what you now know
Singing: Come out upon my seas
Curse missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease?

Singing:
You are
You are
You are
You are

And nothing else compares
Oh, nothing else compares
And nothing else compares

You are
You are

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Where I wanted to go

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BuckWilder
07-24-2002

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I was listening to this song while driving in my car today and it just really helped me feel more alive for some reason. I had been in a pretty crappy mood until it came on for the second time and bang, something about it struck me.

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eknick
09-01-2002

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i was listening to this track, knowing somebody close to me had just passed away this morning, couldnt help my tears..

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Mode000
09-05-2002

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This is one of those songs that you hear (The first time) in the radio or anyother place where you totally like it right away. Excellent lyrics. It's just a well fabricated song. Must say that it can be better than PARACHUTES!

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crazyness
09-14-2002

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i love this songggggg..... its soo chillz.. you know? its like something i'd pop on and listen w/ a girl i like... its awesome

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crazyness
09-14-2002

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it sounds almost like its magical... you know what im saying?

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Lemonhead
09-16-2002

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This is the stand out track on the album for me - almost as good as the stuff on Parachutes.

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bandaid
09-24-2002

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i think that maybe what it may be about is "Cursed missed opportunities.." and he's done with that, and now he is gonna SEIZE this opportunity, y'know? ..like no more hesitation for him.. :) and by the sound of the music, it sounds almost like all this stuff he wrote about is an epiphany he just had.. **shrugs** hehe.. all in all, excellent song!

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Pilchard
09-27-2002

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This is one of my first favourites off the disc. I like that Coldplay isn't afraid to rock out. Yeah, everyone loves their mellow songs, but they have such diversity.

I think their sound on this album is more akin to U2. I love this band dearly, but I can't listen to Chris Martin's songwriting much before I start getting jealous. I wish I could write songs like that.

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AgathaKavka
09-28-2002

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My fave on the album. I like the meaning of the song because you can, as I do at least, interprete it in 2-3 ways. Maybe more even, but for me there are 3 ;)

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Milwalkeysbeast
03-03-2003

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I can never get tired of this song. I can kind of interpret it as him saying to someone that the clock ran out on them after they maybe broke up, and now its a missed opportunity.

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MHorner
03-03-2003

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This song means a lot to me. I loved Parachutes so I went to see them live last October. I really enjoyed the gig, their second last song was clocks. I hadn't heard it before, but when I heared it with the great green lasery lighting effects it really meant something. I really love the song tis my favourite Coldplay song now. :)

-Mike

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ophelia219
03-04-2003

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I absolutely adore Coldplay's music. This song is another example of the genius strategies that they use to write songs and compile the accompanying instrumentals. All of their music tends to put me in a dream-like state.

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NIKKIE
03-05-2003

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this song makes me reflect on the past three years , what a great song too sit back and reflect where you are in youre life .

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alvintorres
03-06-2003

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Damn.....everyone posts how they like this song sooo much and it is great. But everyone seems to forget the title of this website "songmeanings" !!!! Nobody writes anything except "i looove this song" I'm assuming you are all highschoolers. whatever

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happylittlditty
03-08-2003

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I can only speculate what I think it means. Maybe about all the inner confusion within himself, feeling guilty about missed oppurtunities....too late to change things he has done or take back things he has said. Also he's realizing and accepting he is who he is but he still struggles with it because he doesn't know if he's helping or hurting by being who he is (hence the part of the cure or the disease)....of course this is all my interpretation, I don't have my masters in psychology so I had to take a wild guess....I do know that I like it very much....especially played loud in my car on a starry night....I think..."that's my soul singing...out in the universe"....something like that anyway.

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*mLe*
03-08-2003

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i love the piano, it makes me want to dance like no ones watching while crying

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Carlos_The_Elf
03-10-2003

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does anyone know where i can find the piano tab to this song? i'd really like it. e-mail me at: calcompboy@yahoo.com.....thanks

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carms
03-10-2003

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Hey, Carlos, it's really easy to figure out... It's in E flat major... You should probably be able to get it with that information.

Anyway, this song is great! And it has that tendency when you're pissed off or sad to make you extremely upbeat.

When people on songmeanings say something along the lines of "Ok, this isn't ilovethissong.net, it's songMEANINGS.net" it makes me sort of mad - when people express how much they love a song, I think they are expressing how much it MEANS to them. Everyone needs to chill about that.. It's not a big deal.

Brilliant song... the line "curse missed opportunities" really hits me hard.

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CouldntAsk4More
03-10-2003

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Sometimes you hear a song and wonder "how did they do that? perfect in every way." this is just one of those songs.

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happylittlditty
03-11-2003

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Hey thanks "carms"...I was wondering about playing it on the piano too!! and I agree with you about the whole song "meanings" thing, it's no big deal....that's why I'm such a music lover...it connects all of us in some mysterious way...it's universal....even if our life circumstances aren't intertwined we've all "been there"...if that makes sense. What would the world be like without music....pains me to think about it!!

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obewonkaplaya
03-15-2003

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tards, worthless europeans, and juan vegas
sometimes there is no difference
life is like a box of chocolates.......that have already been eaten
learn not to try to figure things out, trust in the painfully obvious and become a great entreprenuer of stupidity and conform to the every day life of the fallacy of normality
time is only valuable when u have obsticles
word from the black man
nuchie nuchie, sarahjo smuchies

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obewonkaplaya
03-15-2003

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tards, worthless europeans and juan vegas
life is like a box of chocolates......that have already been eaten
plan is to eat them before they r takin'
not to try to figure things out, just state the painfully obvious
and fight normality the fallacy of stupidity entreprenuering the fall of the universe
clocks is about how time is only valuabe when there are obsticles to fight
word from the blackman
nuchie nuchies sarahjo puchies

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obewonkaplaya
03-15-2003

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ff

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asdf
03-15-2003

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i like to listen to the ticking of a clock

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FreeofInsanity
03-16-2003

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i think its about all this confusion and how times running out how "a tigers waiting to be tamed" and all this, and hes just singing...i think

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