i love this song! it's my one of my absolute faves from coldplay together with "yellow" and "the scientist"..
i think the song is more about someone trying very hard to do things right in his life but somehow he can never be good enough (or so he feels). he settles for the second best. [When you try your best, but you dont succeed; When you get what you want, but not what you need]
he gets so tired of everything and feels in despair because it seems like everything he has done was in vain and sometimes he feels like giving up. but at the same time, he really hopes for someone or something to save him from giving up totally, or to guide him to somewhere where everything seems more familiar (hence the reference about lights will guide you home), and for someone to tell him that he can put everything right again..
but that being said, i don't quite understand the "and ignite your bones" part.. is it some reference to being reborn, and hence everything seems right again?
I agree with everything you're saying, but I think it's not that he's getting second best all the time, it's that no matter what he does life keeps throwing bad things his way and ruining all the good he works hard for.
I agree with everything you're saying, but I think it's not that he's getting second best all the time, it's that no matter what he does life keeps throwing bad things his way and ruining all the good he works hard for.
its not that al he does is in vain, gwyneth paltrows father died after a long battle with dementia, it is impossile to cure, the reference to ignite your bones is actually a reference to her father with dementia, because when they have this illnes they are kind of reborn because they lose al inhibitions and hey go back to how they were years before the illness
its not that al he does is in vain, gwyneth paltrows father died after a long battle with dementia, it is impossile to cure, the reference to ignite your bones is actually a reference to her father with dementia, because when they have this illnes they are kind of reborn because they lose al inhibitions and hey go back to how they were years before the illness
I always thought it's like a farewell song for someone who just passed away.
"Lights will guide you home" like taking you to heaven or something.
"And ignite your bones" - is it a relation to a crematorium or something?
I know that's quite a depressing understanding
I always thought it's like a farewell song for someone who just passed away.
"Lights will guide you home" like taking you to heaven or something.
"And ignite your bones" - is it a relation to a crematorium or something?
I know that's quite a depressing understanding
i love this song! it's my one of my absolute faves from coldplay together with "yellow" and "the scientist"..
i think the song is more about someone trying very hard to do things right in his life but somehow he can never be good enough (or so he feels). he settles for the second best. [When you try your best, but you dont succeed; When you get what you want, but not what you need] he gets so tired of everything and feels in despair because it seems like everything he has done was in vain and sometimes he feels like giving up. but at the same time, he really hopes for someone or something to save him from giving up totally, or to guide him to somewhere where everything seems more familiar (hence the reference about lights will guide you home), and for someone to tell him that he can put everything right again..
but that being said, i don't quite understand the "and ignite your bones" part.. is it some reference to being reborn, and hence everything seems right again?
I agree with everything you're saying, but I think it's not that he's getting second best all the time, it's that no matter what he does life keeps throwing bad things his way and ruining all the good he works hard for.
I agree with everything you're saying, but I think it's not that he's getting second best all the time, it's that no matter what he does life keeps throwing bad things his way and ruining all the good he works hard for.
Ignite i think means set on fire so he probably means set your bones on fire ha ha ha ha
Ignite i think means set on fire so he probably means set your bones on fire ha ha ha ha
its not that al he does is in vain, gwyneth paltrows father died after a long battle with dementia, it is impossile to cure, the reference to ignite your bones is actually a reference to her father with dementia, because when they have this illnes they are kind of reborn because they lose al inhibitions and hey go back to how they were years before the illness
its not that al he does is in vain, gwyneth paltrows father died after a long battle with dementia, it is impossile to cure, the reference to ignite your bones is actually a reference to her father with dementia, because when they have this illnes they are kind of reborn because they lose al inhibitions and hey go back to how they were years before the illness
i agree with easyasmuffin
i agree with easyasmuffin
I always thought it's like a farewell song for someone who just passed away. "Lights will guide you home" like taking you to heaven or something. "And ignite your bones" - is it a relation to a crematorium or something? I know that's quite a depressing understanding
I always thought it's like a farewell song for someone who just passed away. "Lights will guide you home" like taking you to heaven or something. "And ignite your bones" - is it a relation to a crematorium or something? I know that's quite a depressing understanding
@indie_addict 'Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones'
@indie_addict 'Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones'
It means that you will find the path to bring peace to your soul, that will bring life back to your body.....that will relight the fire inside of you
It means that you will find the path to bring peace to your soul, that will bring life back to your body.....that will relight the fire inside of you