Stole a key
Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet
Took a car downtown and took what they offered me
To set me free

I saw the lights go down at the end of the scene
I saw the lights go down and standing in front of me

In my scarecrow dreams
When they smashed my heart into smithereens
Be a bright red rose come bursting the concrete
Be the cartoon heart

Light a fire, light a spark
Light a fire, a flame in my heart

We'll run wild oh
We'll be glowing in the dark
We'll be glowing in the dark

All the boys, all the girls
All that matters in the world
All the boys, all the girls
All that matters that occurs
All the highs, all the lows
As the room is spinning, oh

We'll run wild
We'll be glowing in the dark

Living innocent wild
We'll be glowing in the dark



Lyrics submitted by AshleyRose

Track duration: 04:45

"Charlie Brown" as written by Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion, Brian Eno

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:The song has a wonderful forward motion. To me, it seems to be about just quitting following the rules for a day and running free with the rest of your kind.
    Flag skulptFireon March 19, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:The song is about his acid trip
    Flag turquoise1on January 08, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:"All the boys, all the girls
    All that matters in the world
    All the boys, all the girls
    All that matters that occurs
    All the highs, all the lows
    As the room is spinning, oh"
    It feels like he tries to forget the world but ...
    Flag Yazardshiron December 08, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:Well, since their album follows a love story, here is what I think. Hurts like Heaven was the beggining, and then it flashes back to Paradise and Charlie Brown. Paradise was about the girl leaving her home to discover herself, but all her dreams were never happening because the world is a cruel place.

    Charlie Brown is about the guy trying to make it through life before meeting her. IT starts in the beginning with him stealing a car and going downtown to do drugs with the "lost boys". The lights going down at the end of the scene are cop cars coming. They show up and he gets busted. It is like his "scarecrow dreams", bad dreams of people destroying everything he ever wanted (drugs are the scarecrows that destroyed his life). The rose part is probably either the girl encouraging him to got back up again, or some other form of moral support. Then the moral support goes on to say (no that i listen to it, it probably is the girl) to him that he should be a cartoon heart. Be like Charlie Brown, who is always getting picked on and nothing really works out for him. Always get back up again. Finally, the glow in the dark is for both of them to always be a positive light to all the boys and girls with all their problems. They went through all their troubles and they want to glow, be a light and show them how to get through it.

    This is one of my favorite songs on their album.
    Flagged slasher123on June 21, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:The Song is named after the Peanuts character 'Charlie Brown'

    Good song i love that chorus music bit where it really loud :)
    Flag TommyMikeWilliamson June 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It is about Charlie Brown - winning - getting the candy instead of the rock. Hitting it through the uprights instead of having it yank by Lucy before he can even kick it. Winning
    Flag hotsauceon May 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Amazing song, just made this account for this song !! love chris martin

    I think is about a teenager that feels insecure and he is trying to hide his problems or ignore it by having the wild life but even he's a lost boy he still is very inocent and he is expecting to be happy to find a way things can change.
    Flag glowingwhiteon March 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Am I the only one that noticed the masonic symbols in...I don't know all their music? The song is about Finding enlightenment through being broken down after masonic ritual. Don't believe me?

    All highly successful entertainers seem to go through this "metamorphosis" point in their career. After embarrassment. Falling to the deepest low that they can get to then being resurrected like a phoenix. Some rappers go to jail. Some are embarrassed publicly through ceremony (taylor Swift for one, michael jackson for another).

    "Took what they offered me"...Robin thick and numerous other artists say these EXACT same lyrics.

    I guess no one else Noticed The PYRAMID, like letter "A" at the TOP in the BEGINNING of the video...

    I love Coldplay btw. And i have no problem with masons. Just Pointing out what people refuse to see.
    Flagged cloudofwonderson February 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song is amazing. Even if it's about a stolen scooter for me it's much more. It's about happiness, freedom, a good feeling... that smile that nobody can wipe away from your face; positive vibes. "We'll be glowing in the dark": Us being the light (good things) glowing (fighting) in the dark (bad things, evil). For me, it's the perfect song when I'm feeling down. I listen to it to forget about problems, to smile. It's one of my Coldplay's Top 5!
    Flag vankaon February 26, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I interpret the end of the first verse as "...took what they offered me: to set me free" - they are offering freedom itself.
    Flag iscahrambleson February 21, 2012   Link

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