Coldplay – Things I Don't Understand

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  Song Meaning:It's the intellectual journey of a godless person. Its as free as an intellect can ever be. Its the emerging of a new kind of faith. Faith in a godless yet organized logical universe.

  Flag Conspicuouson May 23, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:one thing I don't understand is "speed of sound" the comtemplation of the meaning of life. until I listened to this song I was stumped. I like how this song is more straightfoward for the simple minded people like me

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  General Comment:Very good song...thats all I can say. Self explanatory.

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  General Comment:I love this song. The chorus is fucking amazing. This song, actually, introduced me into the world of B Sides. I don't understand why, but so many artist's B Sides are usually better than the songs on the actual album!

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    I Absolutely agreed! (:
    The best songs of Coldplay are the b-sides
    and the Parachute and ARBH albums and b-sides too.-

    Flag good-bye Fishon January 17, 2010  
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  General Comment:i think the chorus should be
  
  I can't (and I can't) decide
  Wrong (all my wrong) from right
  Day (all my day) from night
  Dark (all my dark) from light
  I love (but I love) this life

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  General Comment:I think this b-side is a reflection fo the kind of stuff we can expect from coldplay in the future....just a guess.
  
  In short, it's a corny song about how confusing the world and universe is...yet how he loves it anyway, perhaps because of it's confusion and complexity.

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  General Comment:I'm surprised there are so few comments on this one. This song is AMAZING! It could have easily been on X&Y for sure! I loved it from the first listen.

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  General Comment:This song should have taken the place of Speed of Sound on the album. This song is just so much better in comparison.
  
  Anyway, the message is: You may never understand everything there is to life, but that is no reason for you not to enjoy it anyway.

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  General Comment:Why are the B-sides always so amazing? There's something intimate about a Coldplay song that not many people know about, though. "Things I Don't Understand" is pretty self-explanitory. I absolutely love it.

  Flag TheSOADGirlon December 21, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:Yup, a b-side to "speed of sound" and didnt grab me first of all, but now I love it

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