Lyrics for Talk as interpreted by delial

Talk Lyrics
oh, brother I can’t get through
I’ve been trying hard to meet you
‘cause I don’t know what to do
oh, brother I can’t believe it’s true
I’m so scared about the future
and I want to talk to you
oh, I want to talk to you

you can take a picture of something you see
in the future, where will I be?
you can climb a ladder up to the sun
or a write a song nobody has sung
or do something that’s never been done

are you lost or incomplete?
do you feel like a puzzle?
you can’t find your missing piece?
tell me, how do you feel?
well, I feel like they’re talking in a language I don’t speak
and they’re talking it to me

so you take a picture of something you see
in the future, where will I be?
you can climb a ladder up to the sun
or a write a song nobody has sung
or do something that’s never been done
do something that’s never been done

so you don’t know where you’re going
and you want to talk?
and you feel like you’re going where you’ve been before?
you tell anyone who’ll listen, but you feel ignored?
nothing’s really making any sense at all?

let’s talk
let’s talk
let’s talk
let’s talk

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asspennies
01-02-2006

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fuck coldplay, they totally ripped off kraftwerk. this song is basically the riff from computer love with nothing added to it. instead of kraftwerks layers of keyboards and drum machines we get the douche lead singer's voice. buy computer world instead of this piece of shit

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stoolhardy
12-22-2005

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What you talking about, Willis?

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BCR
12-17-2005

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Guys, we were in such a worse position this time two seasons ago. Granted, it was the affect of a new manager coming in who turned things round.

We know Dowie is passionate, we have the players, we just need to pray that Dowie bangs a few heads together and turns things round pretty quickly. Games in hand will still take us into the playoffs.

Get behind Dowie and the team. We cant be shite all season. Law of averages says it's impossible, unless you're Brighton or Millwall of course. It will turn around.

Everyone stand up, put your hand on your heart and repeat after me "Be loud, Be proud, BE PALACE!!"

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stoolhardy
12-09-2005

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I agree with N0 CODE. Loose Tongue, you're not making any sense. Sorry to gang up on you, but it's true :-)

Anyways the guitar in the chorus sounds exactly like something that The Edge would do. Still a great song though.

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DefinitelyJoshua
12-06-2005

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i'd like to say that i think the video has absolutely nothing to do with the song. unless one of them guys has a thing for robot love.

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Loose Tongue
12-06-2005

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NO CODE 79, start reading the newspaper you DIMwit. John Lennon did and lo, heaven behold I have the past decade you fool.

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antipunt1
12-04-2005

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sounds to me like its talk about after death. kinda a dummed down version of sOAD's "question!"
if your brother is deceased, he can take a picture (afterlife) and show you wuts its all about. or they can play a song. anything; anything at all. just some kind of communication. cause you're just curious to no end and no matter how much you talk to ppl about the philosophy of it all, it never makes anymore sense

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diablov688
11-07-2005

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coldplay doesnt need to be the new U2, its great as it is, talk is a great song cuz it has so many interpretations which promises11 pointed out

its about our need for ppl to talk to when we are confused, my personal rank on X & Y being second after white shadows and before fix you

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Asuyuka
10-28-2005

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All I have to say is nice use of the Computer Love riff. I love the song, and, am fact, a Kraftwerk nut... so, I had to hear this song.

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N0 C0DE 79
10-07-2005

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Anyways, this song is amazing and has an asskicking solo......

as for the U2 comparisons......

U2 and coldplay are common only in the ability to captivate audiences with music...... they both kick major ass...

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N0 C0DE 79
10-07-2005

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Loose tongue,,..... maybe you should consider a creative writing class .... or something that would assist you in making sense,,,,

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brian
09-25-2005

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Shadowsoal2000: I'm an admin, so I usually restrain myself, but, that has got to be one of the most creative, yet most completely retarded comments ever.

Sorry, I tried to be nice about it, but I just couldn't sum it up any better than that.

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Loose Tongue
08-31-2005

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Chris Martin is telling people to talk to everyone (while they are still here) ... strangers ... old people ... mentally ill ... religious ... atheist ... nihilist ... hippie greenies ... senile ... ferile

'The world is all around US a?
The days are flying pass
But I am NOT afraid to laugh'
Neil Finn One Nil One All

'Were dead in the water now
It's like the old man says
An armageddon sky
Say it like it is'
DAVID GRAY - a new day at midnight?

'Please brother & sisters Chris is saying HE, you and me all of us are SO scared about the future...we cannot seperate fiction from reality anymore...the
media is our saviour and our anti-christ... x&y talk

666 hurricane in the usa deadliest in a century
666 oil prices rising and falling
666 empires crumbling and falling
666 evolution vs creationism
666 science fiction versus reality
666 cultures versus cultures
666 music genres vs music genre
666 men fighting over women

when will this MAD WORLD madness end ... x&y 1010101 THE MATRIX has no o.n.e ?

do not lose your voice...you have a brain so use it - Travis 12 Memories

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Smoothguy
08-09-2005

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This song was written for me! My brother (who I idolised when I was younger) died some years ago, and I have spent my time since wondering what the future holds for me without him and I have looked up and asked him hoping he would answer. He is my missing piece of the jigsaw. Although I have talked to many people about it, nobody understands exactly.

I don't think I have ever been touched so much by the lyrics of one song ..................

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sillybunny
07-25-2005

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I meant "still" is. Ah, typos....

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sillybunny
07-25-2005

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The brother is x's brother. In the story, z, playing her dad, showed up and talked incessantly until she said, look! I don't CARE where you came from! You do NOT know this guy! He laughed and said, of course I do. He's playing your brother.
And she didn't know what to do because it WAS a tall order. And yes, she was scared. Still is. But she and z started talking even though z would only talk through her. And it is something that's never been done. And her brother is her missing puzzle piece, her balance, her heart part, her study partner, and what they are talking through her is not necessarily what anyone was hearing before. And she did tell anyone who would listen but everyone ignored her. There are reasons for all of this but in truth many things don't make sense. Still the talk went on and on and on and on and it sill is--different frequency.
Sounds like piffle to me.
Really? Then it probably is.

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Shadowsoal2000
07-22-2005

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ok guys, i think we should take this a little less literal.
Here's my thoughts.
The song is start's off saying 'Oh BROTHER i cant get through' who's Brother? A member of the Black comunity maybe? The song also mentions 'or write a song nobody has sung' which doesnt happen often in rap (:p) . Also It's actually not an attack if you take this view (so off your high horse people!) It's actually more like a song of empathy. Asking for some kind of conection in musical terms.
You see, this song is about 'Talk' which, lets face it, is what rap is about. I think the writter of this song feels disconnected with rap and finds it hard to apreciate the "art" of it.
It's a theory only by the way.
But it does seem to strike a cord with me, 'Nothing's really making any sense any more'

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flash-dj-uk
07-15-2005

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well i goto say guys this song is awsome first time i heard it i was out driving at work and well recently split from the g/f was red hot out sun belting down got a lot going on in life and it all comes flooding back love that ya lost a feeling of being totaly lost and not knowing where ya going thats the song
i love coldplay im a big fan :))

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sesb
07-14-2005

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I think the lyrics are uncannily poignant in the current circumstances of terrorism, fear and uncertainty ("I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you"). From the points of view both of disenchanted confused youths turning to extremism ("lost and incomplete", "feel ignored"), as well as the rest of us wondering why ("...brother I can't believe it's true", "talking in a language I don't speak), the song is about a breakdown in communication. We need to talk. Let's talk.

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pumkinhed
07-04-2005

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ditto to dollface's comment. Why do music journalists need to find a new U2 or a new Smiths. Sure we're mostly done with the old Smiths, but the old U2 has at least some bite left in it. And now they're saying that Keane is the new Coldplay!! WTF? we aren't even close to done with the original coldplay. If it weren't for Q then I'd have a big ol' vendetta to work out

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pumkinhed
07-04-2005

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I can't help but wonder what the vocals and guitars would sound like with the Kraftwerk synth background. Especially if they started with the keyboard riff from Computer Love and then just threw on talk onto the back of it

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promises11
06-24-2005

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this song makes me think of my older brother because we have a really great relationship and hes always there to talk to. i think this song isnt limited to just relationships with bf/gfs, it could be about god, your family..i love the lyrics, i love the music, i love coldplay.

definitely one of their greatests songs

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TheDingbat
06-23-2005

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I love this song - but I have only ever heard the album version. If someone could send me the original version, I would greatly appreciate it! Despite this, I think the song is about someone who feel that they've lost the ability to communicate to people, and as a result has lost a lot of what makes them...them :p

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AssD
06-21-2005

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beachyh2o: Kraftwerk is much older than U2.

dancedollfacex: I agree. ^_^

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dancedollfacex
06-18-2005

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I hate the fact how Coldplay and U2 are being compared and contrasted. I don't have anything against U2, I just don't like how they're..UGH. I have issues to work out. It's a personal thing. Bwahaha.

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