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I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight
I turn the music up, I got my records on
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Don't want to see another generation drop
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart
As we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it's alright
As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony
And every tear's a waterfall
Is a waterfall
Oh
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
Is a is a waterfall
Every tear
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag
Oh
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight
I turn the music up, I got my records on
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Don't want to see another generation drop
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart
As we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it's alright
As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony
And every tear's a waterfall
Is a waterfall
Oh
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
Is a is a waterfall
Every tear
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag
Oh
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Lyrics submitted by EscObAR123, edited by rosematazz
Track duration: 04:03
"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" as written by Harry Castioni, Alex Christensen, B. Lagonda, - Wycombe, Christopher Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion, Brian Eno, Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Coldplay's message here is that, joy can create powerful tears just as pressure, pain and anxiety can. Even happiness has its waterfalls.
There is another theme that goes along with this and it is very clearly portrayed in the video. Chris is also talking about how when we are young and innocent, we have this incredible, powerful positive energy and spirit. He is telling us to not lose that because that is what empowers us to make positive change in the world. When we lose that and give into the negative aspects of life, we effectively become walking zombies.
You can hear this when he talks about how the kids dance all night but when Monday comes that life is completely different (at work, part of "society" etc.) In the video, you see what appears to be a concrete, drab, dirty city but they show us that with what appears to be like children's sidewalk chalk, we can paint our dreams onto a dreary difficult life and turn it into something truly wonderful. And if we always focus on what's in our hearts, that truly powerful energy that beats in our chests and flows through our souls (the kind that we are born with as children) we will be empowered to do this. And no matter how much life tries to drag us down we will continue to raise the flag and hold onto this. With it, our spirits and souls can never be hurt no matter what.
Generations are dropping and it's going too deep nowadays. We all have to help each other rise to the top for each individual, until they can't go any further. We need to try our best to get up and fight, but WE the people have to start loving people to get to the top. Hate will bring us all down.. hate doesn't make you stronger like some people think. We have to try our best.. life is too short to be sitting around being down about ourselves.
"Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight
So music is the gift, godsend and an amazing form of immediate intervention for relieving extreme grief and pain hence "So you can hurt, hurt me bad But still I'll raise the flag"
This song can save lives and that's how powerful songs are and our popular musicians as they have the power to promote harmlessness and empower the people.. Especially the next generation who really have much more adversity than we can imagine due to the information highway they have access to with limited knowledge and they cannot be expected to process it at their age.. they are being taught aggression and violence through particular media, music and games and we as a society are losing grip and life is becoming more disconnected and extremely difficult for many across the world... Be it wars, injustice, torture, drug addiction, sex addiction, murder, suicide, death of loved ones, kids molested and murdered, you name it's all happening and it's bloody hard at times to hear or believe you heart is still beating... Or believe the tears will stop flowing hence the waterfall...
Sting "Be Still My Beating Heart"... Has just come to mind!!!
So Bravo to Coldplay... Great Stuff!!!!
That's the first comment I have ever made about a song so it's obviously made a huge impression and has moved me... Thanks for the movement Chris and Coldplay!!!
mother nature tears are a waterfall