| Coldplay – Clocks Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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My interpretation is a little odd. I've heard this song dozens of times, and it's probably my favorite Coldplay song, if not my favorite song, ever. The lyrics are just so beautiful and work on so many levels. I think the answer here lies within the album as a whole. There is a clear theme of urgency in this song, with the pulsing piano riff accompanied by an intense drumline, and this is reflected in the lyrics. It begins with the lyrics "Lights go out and I can't be saved" meaning that the speaker is running out of time. In a last-ditch effort, he cries out all of the things he's wanted to say to his love interest, knowing he has no more time. He falls "down upon his knees", and not knowing what to say simply cries out "You are" over and over again. I think the album cover has something to do with this story too. It pictures a face, seemingly disintegrating into a blur of lines and pixels. Perhaps Clocks is the story of this man crying out in his last moments before he fades away. He sings of his "Home" where he "wanted to go" referring to the life he wanted to have with this girl, but it is all over now, and he can't do anything about it. He has been ostracized his whole life, to the point where he doesn't know if he's "a part of the cure" or a "part of the disease". He has wasted his life, cursing "missed opportunities", but only now does he realize that "nothing else compares. The song descends back into the bittersweet sadness of the piano riff, as he has said all he needed to say and now awaits his demise. |
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| Coldplay – Clocks Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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My interpretation is a little odd. I've heard this song dozens of times, and it's probably my favorite Coldplay song, if not my favorite song, ever. The lyrics are just so beautiful and work on so many levels. I think the answer here lies within the album as a whole. There is a clear theme of urgency in this song, with the pulsing piano riff accompanied by an intense drumline, and this is reflected in the lyrics. It begins with the lyrics "Lights go out and I can't be saved" meaning that the speaker is running out of time. In a last-ditch effort, he cries out all of the things he's wanted to say to his love interest, knowing he has no more time. He falls "down upon his knees", and not knowing what to say simply cries out "You are" over and over again. I think the album cover has something to do with this story too. It pictures a face, seemingly disintegrating into a blur of lines and pixels. Perhaps Clocks is the story of this man crying out in his last moments before he fades away. He sings of his "Home" where he "wanted to go" referring to the life he wanted to have with this girl, but it is all over now, and he can't do anything about it. He has been ostracized his whole life, to the point where he doesn't know if he's "a part of the cure" or a "part of the disease". He has wasted his life, cursing "missed opportunities", but only now does he realize that "nothing else compares. The song descends back into the bittersweet sadness of the piano riff, as he has said all he needed to say and now awaits his demise. |
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