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Life Is for Living Lyrics
Now I never meant,
To do you wrong,
That's what I came here to say.
But if I was wrong,
Then I'm sorry,
I don't let it stand in our way.
As my head just aches,
When I think of,
The things that I shouldn't have done.
But, life is for living,
We all know,
And I don't want to live it alone.
Sing,
Ah, ah, oh,
Sing,
Ah, ah, oh,
And just think,
Ah, ah, oh.
Cause in the end
There's only us
And oh my friend
There's only love
And in the cave
They're timing us
Cause in the end
There's only love
This is a beautiful song about how bad he feels for doing someone wrong and how he misses them so much. He knows "Life is for Living" but he doesn't care because he would rather be dead than without them.
Coldplay lyrics are often simple but they are so powerful because of the music and vocals, and this song is no exception. I think the "Ah, ah, oh"'s at the end are something like cries of regret and sorrow.
they seem to sing a lot of songs about being human, and that's ok.
Life is for living. We shouldn't be wasting time thinking about the little mistakes we've made. And of course, who wants to be alone? This one's such a wonderful song. :-)
I'm in a constant battle with my friend over the the "ah, ah, ah"s at the end of the song. I think the simple message of the song would've been better had it cut-off after "i don't want to live it alone". Kind of like Counting Crows 'Walkaways', it could've been brilliant had it just dropped you off with that killer.
He says the "ah, ah, ah"s enhance the song because they give you what you want, a little more song.
Trivial, yes, but this stuff keeps me up at night.
Yeah, Life is for Living sums the whole song up. It sounds great live.
This song basically speaks for itself, I think. He's apologizing for something he did wrong and he doesn't want it to have an effect on his relationship, not for the worse anyway. It's a fairly simple song, nothing too deep about it, but I still think the lyrics capture the overly-written-about genre better than most. "life is for living / We all know / And I don't wanna live it alone" I love that line, I don't know what else I can say about it.
It is a simple song, lyriclly. A good short up beat messege. But i think the music (instrumental) is very powerful and bestows and weight on the lyrics that makes them more meaningful than just words. Did i just write that?...wow.
the genius of coldplay. a beautiful short song cut in simple lyrics that i could just live by. mmhmm
"but life is for living we all know and I don't wanna live it alone" sums up a lot of emotions in one line...lol. It's a very lovely song...short but sweet : )
yeah i agree with XianSnake. In my opinion the shorter songs of Coldplay are moreso compact with feelings and emotions, to where its almost no reason to make it any longer, cause they already said what needed to be said. And i also think they're some of the better ones. Then again, all of Coldplay is good. (=