Charlie Brown Lyrics

Lyric discussion by slasher123 

Cover art for Charlie Brown lyrics by Coldplay

Well, since their album follows a love story, here is what I think. Hurts like Heaven was the beggining, and then it flashes back to Paradise and Charlie Brown. Paradise was about the girl leaving her home to discover herself, but all her dreams were never happening because the world is a cruel place.

Charlie Brown is about the guy trying to make it through life before meeting her. IT starts in the beginning with him stealing a car and going downtown to do drugs with the "lost boys". The lights going down at the end of the scene are cop cars coming. They show up and he gets busted. It is like his "scarecrow dreams", bad dreams of people destroying everything he ever wanted (drugs are the scarecrows that destroyed his life). The rose part is probably either the girl encouraging him to got back up again, or some other form of moral support. Then the moral support goes on to say (no that i listen to it, it probably is the girl) to him that he should be a cartoon heart. Be like Charlie Brown, who is always getting picked on and nothing really works out for him. Always get back up again. Finally, the glow in the dark is for both of them to always be a positive light to all the boys and girls with all their problems. They went through all their troubles and they want to glow, be a light and show them how to get through it.

This is one of my favorite songs on their album.

My Interpretation

Hey, I really liked your interpretation.. But had no idea that the album follows a love story but now that i read your writing, I was like "yeah.. that's true".. so could you possibly explain me what stage of the relationship do the songs in the album represent?? Thanks, it'll be a great help! I'm a big Coldplay fan, and I am making a project on them to be displayed in school... really liked your interpretation..