Lyrics for A Rush Of Blood To The Head as interpreted by BuckWilder

A Rush Of Blood To The Head Lyrics
He said I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down
I'm gonna put it six feet underground
He said I'm gonna buy this place and watch it fall
Stand here beside me baby in the crumbling walls
Oh I'm gonna buy this place and start a fire
Stand here until I fill all your heart's desires
Because I'm gonna buy this place and see it burn
Do back the things it did to you in return

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah

He said I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
Oh and I'm gonna buy this place, that's what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head

And honey all the movements you're starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They said start as you mean to go on
Start as you mean to go on

He said I'm gonna buy this place and see it go
Stand here beside my baby watch the orange glow
Some'll laugh and some just sit and cry
You just sit down there and you wonder why
So I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
And I'm gonna buy this place, that's what I said
Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head
Oh to the head

And honey all the movements you're starting to make
See me crumble and fall on my face
And I know the mistakes that I made
See it all disappear without a trace
And they call as they beckon you on
They say start as you mean to go on
As you mean to go on, as you mean to go on

So meet me by the bridge, meet me by the lane
When am I gonna see that pretty face again
Meet me on the road, meet me where I said
Blame it all upon
A rush of blood to the head
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"A Rush of Blood to the Head" as written by Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion, Christopher Anthony John Martin
Lyrics ÂĐ Universal Music Publishing Group
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pinkerton92
08-14-2002

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this song is everything.

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eknick
09-01-2002

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some minor errors with the lyrics, but wat da hell....i love this song, love it so much, it just means so much to me

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Maliejandra
09-15-2002

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This is the best song from the new album. I'm not sure what it's about exactly. Just strong feelings. I like the mystery of it so I'm not gonna analyze it. I really like it.

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etfFect
09-22-2002

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Great song, should be a single.

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allyouneedislove
03-04-2003

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i was listening to an interview, and chris martin said that a "rush of blood to the head" is just the feeling of getting it done and over with. sort of acting on impulse. at least that's what i gathered from the explanation. this song is one of my favorites. it's incredible.

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allyouneedislove
03-04-2003

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i was listening to an interview, and chris martin said that a "rush of blood to the head" is just the feeling of getting it done and over with. sort of acting on impulse. at least that's what i gathered from the explanation. this song is one of my favorites. it's incredible.

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stoppretending
03-12-2003

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This is definitely one of my favorite songs on the whole cd. I love when he sings "said I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war if you can tell me something worth fighting for." Coldplay rocks!

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massofclouds
03-12-2003

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Hey, at a gig last week, after the 'I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war if you can tell me something worth fighting for' line, he sang 'No Blood for Oil' which is what my sign that I had said. Yay! But really...Coldplay is my favourite band and this is one of my favourite songs...I can't get over it. It's so amazing live, too. If you get a chance...see them live. They're a live band...their magic comes out on stage, especially Chris.

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slugsinthefields
03-16-2003

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This song, it is just emotions. I think MAliejandra had it right about not analyzing it. Leave it up to yourself. And it doesn't matter if you're sorta wrong. To me, this song is about when you're in love, and you make a lot of impulse decisions, but it doesn't matter because you're with that person you love, and everything bad you've done is behind you now.

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FreeofInsanity
03-16-2003

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im with actin on impulse

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xxDARKIRISxx
03-27-2003

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i love this song..the mystery of what its about makes it better so i dont even want to analyze what its about..

my favorite line is also the "I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war, If you can tell me something worth fighting for.." i put that in my AIM profile..

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xxDARKIRISxx
03-27-2003

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its not letting me comment... *test*

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Mode000
04-14-2003

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Why does this whole album reflect my ex relationship?

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uthdentroll
04-23-2003

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the song....or rather the album that changed my life......me and my fiancee.....we were so much into this album.....heard it everywhere.......together.....
now....whenever i hear any song playing on air.....i always go back in time.... :)

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uthdentroll
04-23-2003

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the song....or rather the album that changed my life......me and my fiancee.....we were so much into this album.....heard it everywhere.......together.....
now....whenever i hear any song playing on air.....i always go back in time.... :)

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uthdentroll
04-23-2003

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So meet me by the bridge
Oh meet me by the lake
When am I gonna see that pretty face again?
Meet me on the road
Meet me where I said
Blame it all upon a rush of blood to the head......

ooooo......how i remember, that look on your face everytime......we met on that road.....;)

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haisa
04-25-2003

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This song only mean one thing to me. It reminded me...my guy's picture at the coldplay concert in Denmark. In the picture, there was this sweet innocent looking girl leaning on his sturdy shoulder. >( >(

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like you meant it
06-04-2003

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for some reason this song is my favorite off the new album...i guess theres just something about it. coldplay's amazing.

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*FelipeVox*
06-08-2003

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All for love.
Thatīs the meaning for me...

"Iīm gonna buy a gun and start a war...If you can tell me something worth fighting for"

A Rush of Blood To The Head, one of the best songs Iīve ever heard... it can be everything.. yes, strong feelings... thatīs coldplay!:)

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*FelipeVox*
06-08-2003

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All for love.
Thatīs the meaning for me...

"Iīm gonna buy a gun and start a war...If you can tell me something worth fighting for"

A Rush of Blood To The Head, one of the best songs Iīve ever heard... it can be everything.. yes, strong feelings... thatīs coldplay!:)

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*seven*stripes*
06-20-2003

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okay, first of all, i have just recently discovered that COldplay is one of the best bands in the entire world. and i say this becuz they write such powerful music and lyrics, that, i dont know, it's truly amazing.........this song is really cool, although i havent been able to figure it out either, but theres a certain satisfaction in a song when it's so poetic and deep, that you can't figure it out. :-)

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lil_juju_bean
06-23-2003

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i think it's about making rash decisions because of a girl... ie, you go and start a war with the world because your girlfriend said so... n then it's saying how the girl is liek, what in the world is wrong with u? n the guys is just like *shrug* rush of blood to the head
proves his love through his extreme actions

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Pixdogg
06-24-2003

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I don't have a favorite song on the new cd, cause they are all awesome songs. Coldplay is a powerful group. I can just turn on their cd, sit back, and be moved by their powerful songs. By the way does anyone know why their name is Coldplay?

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Online
04-08-2004

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Beautifull yet sinister. A war of vengance raged in the name of the one he loves. My favorite song on the album.

Because I'm gonna buy this place and see it burn,
And do back the things it did to you in return.

Said I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for,

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secretzman
04-10-2004

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A rush of blood to the head is that moment when emotions override all logic, causing you to do stupid and reckless things because you aren't thinking clearly.

The song is about a guy who just got dumped by his girlfriend. Now they either lived together in, let's say, an apartment (or house), or spent a lot of time there together. All the problems that led to the girl breaking up with the guy took place in this apartment, and the guy sees the apartment as a representation of all of their problems and all of his mistakes. As he desperately tries to think of ways to get his girl back, he decides that if he gets rid of the apartment, he'll erase all of his mistakes. He isn't thinking clearly because of all the emotions from just breaking up, so in "a rush of blood to the head," he goes back and buys the apartment and burns it down. He's calling to his ex-girlfriend to come see what he has done, come watch as all of their problems and all of his mistakes disappear in a blazing fire. He thinks that the apartment represents all of his mistakes for his ex also, so he wants her to stand and watch the fire until she's satisfied that all of their problems are gone and they can get back together again. At the end of the first verse, he's asking his girlfriend what can he do to get her back. The line, "He said I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war, if you can tell me something worth fighting for," is his way of saying, I'll go out there and destroy all of the problems you have with me, if you would only tell me what those problems are.

Now the song leads into the chorus, where the guy is saying to his ex-girlfriend, your movements away from me are causing me to break down ("honey, all the movements you're starting to make, see me crumble and fall on my face"). This guy knows the mistakes that he's made, and he's trying to tell her that he can make them all disappear by burning down the place where so many of their problems and fights took place. But his mistakes and his reckless actions are just giving her more reason to start moving on.

In the second verse he's still telling his girlfriend to come watch as all of his mistakes burn to the ground. The other people around him watching the fire might have lived in the apartment building or around their house, and some laugh and some cry as the building burns down. But his girlfriend just sits there and wonders why he's doing something like this. She wants him to see that he can't blame other things for the mistakes that he's made. Now the guy is really getting desperate, and he's for sure going to go out and destroy all of her problems, if only she can tell him what it is that he's fighting for. All of the reckless mistakes that he's making are because of one emotional moment of a rush of blood to the head.

At the end of the song the guy has realized that his girl has left, but he's still asking her to come back. He's wondering when he'll get to see her pretty face again, and he's still waiting by the burned out remains of their apartment, the destruction he caused because of a rush of blood to the head.

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