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Christmas night, another fight
Tears we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Poison in my blood
I took my feet
To Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away
Those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Up above candles on air flicker
Oh they flicker and they float
But I'm up here holding on
To all those chandeliers of hope
Like some drunken Elvis singing
I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you darling
And I always will
Oh when you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Still waiting for the snow to fall
It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Maybe they'll bring her back to me
Then all my troubles will be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Oh Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Those Christmas lights keep shining on
Tears we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Poison in my blood
I took my feet
To Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away
Those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Up above candles on air flicker
Oh they flicker and they float
But I'm up here holding on
To all those chandeliers of hope
Like some drunken Elvis singing
I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you darling
And I always will
Oh when you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Still waiting for the snow to fall
It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Maybe they'll bring her back to me
Then all my troubles will be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Oh Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Those Christmas lights keep shining on
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Such a shame it didn't chart higher, but maybe some people got put off by change to 6/8 time for the last part of the song, and also the fact that contrary to the 'I'm still waiting for the snow to fall' lyric it had snowed unusually early that year. It's about a man wandering Oxford Street having gone to buy a present after an argument with his partner, but realising that the relationship is over.He finds some solace and hope in the beatiful light display, which gives the song a positive conclusion .
A trio of Elvis Presley impersonators are seen playing violins - they are the band's former manager Phil Harvey, Tim Crompton, the frontman of Coldplay support act The High Wire and comic actor Simon Pegg.
The words above the stage curtain in the video say CREDO ELVEM ETIAM VIVERE. This means "I believe Elvis lives" in Latin.
Although the song is a little depressing at first, I agree that the second half seems hopeful. He finds peace through the Christmas lights, thinking that maybe they'll lead her back to him. I can easily relate to that feeling. This is definitely one of my favorites coming from Coldplay. If this is any indicator to how their next album is going to sound, then we're in for a real treat!
"I took my feet to Oxford Street" I think that, after the fight they had, he's maybe looking for a present for her, since Oxford Street is a big shopping street, right? He wants to "right a wrong" and hopes that with a christmas present she might forgive him. But at the same time he knows that it won't be enough, that's why the shopwindows "tell" him to "just walk away". But he simply "can't believe she's gone" for good and that there's probably nothing he can do about it.
Although the lyrics are kind of depressing, it's a beautiful christmas song. I love how it changes in the middle and suddenly there is a sense of hope that, maybe, the Chistmas lights will bring her back to him, all the troubles will be gone and everything will be ok again...The second half of the song seems almost like a carol to me.
I love it =)
He goes on to sing, "I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you, darling
And I always will."
Again, an allusion to the Apple keynote performance where he sang the lines "I always loved you and I always will" in the song Wedding Bells. During the performance at Apple his voice broke several times while singing, which is possible where the "I go singing out of tune" line comes from.
Whether this is a continuation of the story he described Wedding Bells as the beginning of or not, it's a great song with an amazing video!