Lyric discussion by chamya 

Cover art for Yellow lyrics by Coldplay

by first impression you can say that it's a Love song but... the Word "Yellow" actually doesn't have any meaning here.

Read following paragraph for explanation -

                         "Yellow" was written in a Rockfield studio in Wales called the Quadrangle, where Coldplay began working on their debut album, Parachutes. One night after finishing recording "Shiver", the lead single of the album, the band took a break and went out of the studio. Outside, there were few lights on and the stars in the sky were visible and "just amazing", according to the song's co-producer, Ken Nelson. He told the band to look at the stars, which they did. Vocalist Chris Martin was inspired by the sight and the song's main melody, consisting of a chord pattern, popped into his head. At first, Martin did not take it seriously "as he relayed the tune to the rest of the band in his worst Neil Young impersonation voice".

Martin went on to further explain that the word "yellow" has absolutely no meaning whatsoever and while writing the rest of the song he tried his best to change yellow to something else since every lyric before yellow made no sense but in the end the word "yellow" just sounded right. Martin also told Stern that through the years depending on the attitude and manner of whoever interviews him, he would make up some story about a song or album titles just to move on to the next question. Martin applauded Stern saying "I like you, Howard, so that's the first time I've ever told anyone the truth behind 'Yellow'."

...and guess what, I like his explanation that that Word Yellow really does NOT have any meaning but it still fits perfectly and feels good and People are coming up with their own interpretations and that's Good. As long as people can connect themselves, you have hit the right chords!

I am soo happy someone else understands the meaning of this song here lol, your absoblutly right about the word yellow, it was the only 2 sylable word they could think of at the time of writing the lyrics, i also heard that it was actually the yellow pages, that actually gave them the word they were looking for lol but your also right in that your not putting anyone elses opinions down, like you said "as long as people connect themselves" ..... i take my hat off to you ! ! !

@chamya Exactly. Touchy feely gibberish perfect for its time.