He certainly did earn that reputation.
The 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 beg and plead
Singin' come out of things un said
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singin'
You are
You are
Confusion that never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know
Singin' come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease? Singin'
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
And nothing else compares
Oh, no, nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are
You are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I beg and plead
Singin' come out of things un said
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singin'
You are
You are
Confusion that never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know
Singin' come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease? Singin'
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
And nothing else compares
Oh, no, nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are
You are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
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Clocks Lyrics as written by Jonathan Mark Buckland Guy Rupert Berryman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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mike def has an innovative interpretation to clocks. The juxtaposition of the voices makes me look at it in a different way. Of course everyone is free to interpret the song in their own way but I think anyone who examines it on any level will determine, like most coldplay joints, that despite its appearence as a "relationship" song, its far more deep, almost existential. Personally I like how he takes the most pessimistic view of life -- closing walls and ticking clocks, cursed missed opportunities-- and overcomes them by contemplating the beauty of existence -- u are --
the final stanza,-- home, where i wanted 2 roam-- refers to death as kind of a liberator. despite all our individual lives and the pain in them, we all eventually go home, returning to our source.
Wut makes the song so badass is the melody tho, its almost haunting. combine that with those introspective words and you get like the first real classic song of generation y.
kudos 2 u chris martin
theRick, yes. The song is almost existential. You are the first person I've found who can see it in that way. <br /> <br /> "You are. You are. You are. And nothing else compares."<br /> There is no reference point to understand or compare our existence to. <br /> <br /> "I could not stop that you now 'know', singing -- You are. You are. You are". <br /> Realizing existence can be a weird experience. He "couldn't stop that (we) now know" that We Are. <br /> <br /> NEATO!<br /> What do you think of that interp of the song?