Trying hard to speak, and
Fighting with my weak hand
Driven to distraction
It's all part of the plan
When something is broken
And you try to fix it
Trying to repair it anyway you can

I dive in at the deep end
You become my best friend
I wanna love you but I don't know if I can
I know something is broken
and I'm trying to fix it
Trying to repair it any way I can

Ooo, ooo
Ooo, ooo

You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
You and me are drifting into outer space
And singing...

Ooo, ooo

You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
You and me are drifting into outer space
You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
You and me are drifting into outer space
And singing...

Ooo, ooo
Ooo, ooo



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    General Comment:Another song that really resonated with me during a breakup

    "I dive in at the deep end
    You've become my best friend"

    This was exactly what I was going through, my ex had been my best friend, so losing him was doubly hard.

    "I wanna love you but I don't know if I can" This could be talking about when you really want to love someone, but youre afraid of being hurt. Either that or maybe when you really love your best friend but you're not sure if you could love them as a lover.

    "I know something is broken
    and I'm trying to fix it
    Trying to repair it any way I can"

    I was trying to fix the relationship so hard, thinking of anything I could do to fix things.

    "You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
    You and me are drifting into outer space
    And singing..."
    Simply beautiful poetry. 'Floating on a tidal wave' seems like an irony, like we're acting like everything is peaceful, but really, its a huge tidal wave about to crash...
    Flag rosematazzon January 30, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:"Trying hard to speak, and
    Fighting with my weak hand"
    Is about how hard it is to speak when deciding whether or not to go through with feelings

    "Driven to distraction
    It's all part of the plan"
    The time when both don't speak of getting together or when they go out with other people so they do not get together with each other. They or one understands this.

    "When something is broken
    And you try to fix it
    Trying to repair it anyway you can"
    Well the heart is fragile and may be broken and it is hard to trust whether a relationship can last so one or both is helping the progress of repairing the heart.

    "I dive in at the deep end
    You become my best friend"
    They might have made a next step, but quickly became friends (best because they are close)to avoid the pain of the end of a relationship and loss of someone close

    "You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
    You and me are drifting into outer space"
    They stand in this empty space of love and friendship where nothing may not be defined. They might be in a space of many emotions that drifts in and out like space. Waves are neutral, so they are just riding in the borders to avoid the deep or the shallow part of any type of relationship.
    Flag MiaintheMachineon January 22, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:My marriage is falling apart and I keep trying to pick up the pieces and trying to fix it any way I can. Its causing a lot of my own personal problems to pop up. I keep getting very upset and my emotions come up like a wave. I can't handle my emotions.. my husband tells me that he loves me but doesn't know if he can because I become so out of control. I feel us drifting apart.
    Flag midnightkittyon October 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Trying hard to speak, and
    Fighting with my weak hand
    Driven to distraction
    It's all part of the plan

    This is a portrayal of a person who is in love with someone and simply is distracted by everything else around him. He fails to see what's right in from of him--her. "Driven to distraction" She wants him to notice her, but of course, he's distracted by everything else. However, he knows about her because he has gone through how she feels since she was once distracted and unable to see how much he loved her, hence "it's all part of the plan."

    When something is broken
    And you try to fix it
    Trying to repair it anyway you can

    This is describing what she is thinking--how can I fix this in anyway? How can I make him notice me and know I love him despite how distracted he is with everything else right now? "And you try to fix it anyway you can" is the girl trying every option to fix this. Nothing seems to work out.

    I dive in at the deep end
    You become my best friend
    I wanna love you but I don't know if I can

    This is what he says to her about when he first started to love her, hence "dive in at the deep end." He was always intimidated by her even though she was oblivious about him at first. He dived right in and they became best friends. He wanted to love her but he doesn't know if he can deal with uncertainty.

    I know something is broken
    and I'm trying to fix it
    Trying to repair it any way I can

    Him again, agreeing that something is broken (their relationship) and he's trying too. This is where the meaning of X&Y is captured, since they both, X and Y, she's X and he is Y, two contrasts, are both trying to fix it "any way they can" even though it's extremely complicated.

    You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
    You and me are drifting into outer space
    You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
    You and me are drifting into outer space
    And singing...

    This depicts how it is everytime they are together. Even though they never see each other, this is how they feel when they do because they are soul mates.

    Flag xyxyxyxyxyon December 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I created a profile just to comment on this song. This song is LITERALLY the situation I'm in. I'm best friends with this girl that I've known for years, and no matter how hard either one of us tries, things never work out. But we keep trying, it's like we don't want to lose something that never got a chance to be.
    “Trying hard to speak, and fighting with my weak hand”: trying to build up the courage to create something that I know belongs, but being a coward nonetheless.
    “Driven to distraction”: She’s all you can think of at any given point in the day. It’s a beautiful annoyance.
    “It’s all part of the plan when something is broken and you try to fix it trying to repair it anyway you can”: The plan being you know you belong with this girl, and you will go with the ups and the downs, fix any fractures in the relationship, to make it work.
    “I dive in at the deep end”: Get the courage to take the plunge.
    “You become my best friend”: the dreaded friend zone…
    “I wanna love you but I don’t know if I can”: dual meaning. A)She’s so beautifully perfect, you don’t know if you can love her in the way that she deserves in your mind. B)You don’t know if you can love her because of the best friend line; you don’t know if she’ll love you the same way back.
    “I know something is broken”: the most desperate sounding words in this piece. You recognize that there’s something standing in the way of you two being together, and you’re doing everything you can to fix it.

    Favorite song of the album easily, definitely a top 5 at the very least of any Coldplay. This song just gets me. I’ve been looking for this song for 13 years.
    Flag drunkirishmanon October 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is such a sweet song. I can relate to it right now... :) It's about a boy and girl. They love each other, but one of them is unsure if they want to love the other... But they want to make it work, and at the end of the day, they are in it together, and they just live in their own world and nothing else matters.
    Flag flu0r3sc3nton February 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:X and Y: two variables often used in algebra to solve problems
    X and Y: the male and female chromosomes
    X and Y: contrasts

    Trying hard to speak, and
    Fighting with my weak hand
    Driven to distraction
    It's all part of the plan
    When something is broken
    and you try to fix it
    Trying to repair it anyway you can

    (You know that something is wrong and you are feeling confused and lost. You know that whatever it is that you are losing is worth fighting for, yet is hard to explain your feelings to the other person, and you feel that you are losing your battle. You try anything to distract yourself from the hurt you are feeling but really the hurt is all part of the process. You would try anything to repair what has been broken.)

    I dive in at the deep end
    You become my best friend
    I wanna love you but I don�t know if I can
    I know something is broken
    and I�m trying to fix it
    Trying to repair it anyway I can

    (You decide that all you can do is be honest and open with your feelings even if you end up looking and feeling stupid. You tell the person how you feel. It is clear that really you are just meant to be best friends and whilst you still adore the person as your best friend apart from anything else, you don’t know if you can love them like that without hurting. You still want to try and fix anything that has gone wrong to return to how you were before but are not sure how to. X and Y: letters to solve problems.)

    Ooooooh, oooooh
    Ooooooh, oooooh

    You and me are floating on a tidal wave� together
    You and me are drifting into outer space
    and singing

    (Neither person knows what to do or think anymore. Things have got too confused so they just sit together and float through their thoughts aimlessly. They start off together on a tidal wave, emotions rushing around their heads but then they start drifiting into outer space and further apart from eachother.)
    Flag loveisthemovement08on September 19, 2009   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:To me this song isn't about a relationship with others, its about the relationship with ones self. When i first heard it i was (and still am to an extent) severely depressed, and this song almost perfectly describes the inner turmoil of finding happiness and self worth... the lines that always gets me are:

    "I dive in at the deep end
    You become my best friend
    I wanna love you but I don�t know if I can
    I know something is broken
    and I'm trying to fix it
    Trying to repair it anyway I can"

    its like trying to convince yourself that you're going to get better, or trying as hard as you can to have some respect for yourself, and all the while knowing that all you have is you, and that no-one else will be able to help you... ok so its a pretty schizophrenic interpretation but thats what this song means to me, and the belting "oooooooohhhh, oooooooohh"'s are killer too...
    Flag MAMAxton August 03, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:when i heard this song, i thought to myself, "Coldplay, why are you continuously so amazing?" and they replied with even greater songs :-)
    Flag lyrical_butterflyon May 11, 2009   Link
  • -2
    General Comment:this song would be so much better without that lame chorus
    Flag DisguiseDKon January 11, 2009   Link

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