First of all, love this song. so much. as a piece of music, it's simply gorgeous and very creative.
As for the lyrics. There are few. It's a simple message. At first lesson, I went for the idea that it's about a girl who isn't young anymore, but old either. Probably early 20s, and life is more difficult than she thought it would be (when she was just a girl, she expected the world, but it flew away from her reach).
The line "she ran away in her sleep" is what tears me. At first I assumed it just her going to sleep and dreaming. But... maybe she killed herself? Maybe Paradise is heaven? Coldplay has been known to make religious references in songs. And in the chorus of "para-para-paradise", the background singers seem very angelic.
BUT... then as the song goes on (life goes on, gets so heavy, the wheel breaks the butterfly) that makes me think that she is still going on with life, but dreaming of a better world (Paradise).
And the last main lyric "I know the sun's set to rise" makes me think she has hope in her future.
You can interpret the suicide notion in two ways. Either a) "I know the sun is set to rise," as she exists her life on earth and enters into heaven, her 'paradise,(so she ran away in her sleep) or b) Her life on earth is changed for the better, thus her suicidal thoughts slowly dimnish as she regains strength in herself. Personally, I think she reaches her 'paradise,' but its not the paradise she imagined on earth, its the paradise that heaven provides.
You can interpret the suicide notion in two ways. Either a) "I know the sun is set to rise," as she exists her life on earth and enters into heaven, her 'paradise,(so she ran away in her sleep) or b) Her life on earth is changed for the better, thus her suicidal thoughts slowly dimnish as she regains strength in herself. Personally, I think she reaches her 'paradise,' but its not the paradise she imagined on earth, its the paradise that heaven provides.
First of all, love this song. so much. as a piece of music, it's simply gorgeous and very creative.
As for the lyrics. There are few. It's a simple message. At first lesson, I went for the idea that it's about a girl who isn't young anymore, but old either. Probably early 20s, and life is more difficult than she thought it would be (when she was just a girl, she expected the world, but it flew away from her reach).
The line "she ran away in her sleep" is what tears me. At first I assumed it just her going to sleep and dreaming. But... maybe she killed herself? Maybe Paradise is heaven? Coldplay has been known to make religious references in songs. And in the chorus of "para-para-paradise", the background singers seem very angelic.
BUT... then as the song goes on (life goes on, gets so heavy, the wheel breaks the butterfly) that makes me think that she is still going on with life, but dreaming of a better world (Paradise).
And the last main lyric "I know the sun's set to rise" makes me think she has hope in her future.
Ummm, she did kill herself I'm pretty sure... Because later on in the song it says "nd the bullets catch in her teeth".
Ummm, she did kill herself I'm pretty sure... Because later on in the song it says "nd the bullets catch in her teeth".
You can interpret the suicide notion in two ways. Either a) "I know the sun is set to rise," as she exists her life on earth and enters into heaven, her 'paradise,(so she ran away in her sleep) or b) Her life on earth is changed for the better, thus her suicidal thoughts slowly dimnish as she regains strength in herself. Personally, I think she reaches her 'paradise,' but its not the paradise she imagined on earth, its the paradise that heaven provides.
You can interpret the suicide notion in two ways. Either a) "I know the sun is set to rise," as she exists her life on earth and enters into heaven, her 'paradise,(so she ran away in her sleep) or b) Her life on earth is changed for the better, thus her suicidal thoughts slowly dimnish as she regains strength in herself. Personally, I think she reaches her 'paradise,' but its not the paradise she imagined on earth, its the paradise that heaven provides.