ioracle, I don't know if the lyrics are incorrect - sometimes I hear "him", sometimes "it". Defenitely up for grabs. I guess we'll have to wait for the official liner notes or lyric postings from Coldplay. The one line that makes me think it is about a love gone by is "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed." I don't know how this fits into the writer's block scenario, he's not talking across crossing the t's or anything. Crossed lines to me means he regrets a hastily-made decision from the past. It's worth debating though. Great song anyways - I have a wonderful live version of it also, with "In My Place" segwaying into Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now". It's defenitely worth the download.
Hi tubesocks! I think ioracle is right with their first comment. "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed" could mean while trying to write the lyrics to a song he erased or "crossed" out some lines that in reality would have worked well in the song. And everything else seems to work for the writers block theme. When he sings tired and under-prepared I can just imagine him sitting at a desk in the middle of the night with crumpled paper all around trying to get in "his place" or state of mind to be creative and write. Listen closely, it...
Hi tubesocks! I think ioracle is right with their first comment. "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed" could mean while trying to write the lyrics to a song he erased or "crossed" out some lines that in reality would have worked well in the song. And everything else seems to work for the writers block theme. When he sings tired and under-prepared I can just imagine him sitting at a desk in the middle of the night with crumpled paper all around trying to get in "his place" or state of mind to be creative and write. Listen closely, it really makes sense!
ioracle, I don't know if the lyrics are incorrect - sometimes I hear "him", sometimes "it". Defenitely up for grabs. I guess we'll have to wait for the official liner notes or lyric postings from Coldplay. The one line that makes me think it is about a love gone by is "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed." I don't know how this fits into the writer's block scenario, he's not talking across crossing the t's or anything. Crossed lines to me means he regrets a hastily-made decision from the past. It's worth debating though. Great song anyways - I have a wonderful live version of it also, with "In My Place" segwaying into Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now". It's defenitely worth the download.
Hi tubesocks! I think ioracle is right with their first comment. "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed" could mean while trying to write the lyrics to a song he erased or "crossed" out some lines that in reality would have worked well in the song. And everything else seems to work for the writers block theme. When he sings tired and under-prepared I can just imagine him sitting at a desk in the middle of the night with crumpled paper all around trying to get in "his place" or state of mind to be creative and write. Listen closely, it...
Hi tubesocks! I think ioracle is right with their first comment. "Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed" could mean while trying to write the lyrics to a song he erased or "crossed" out some lines that in reality would have worked well in the song. And everything else seems to work for the writers block theme. When he sings tired and under-prepared I can just imagine him sitting at a desk in the middle of the night with crumpled paper all around trying to get in "his place" or state of mind to be creative and write. Listen closely, it really makes sense!