Clocks Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ShooFlyPie 

Cover art for Clocks lyrics by Coldplay

I think this song is about a person suffering from Anxiety.

The reason I say Anxiety is because The person feels useless, or scared or worried. The person is afraid to speak about how they feel hence, "Come out of things unsaid." So there is that! They have a trouble that they can't explain to ANYONE because they are afraid to get bullied, made fun of, put in hospitals, or just anything bad.

After the first chorus, They are afraid of running out of time, to live. They feel like they will have a short life and die soon. They wan't to come back home with their family. To feel safe.

"Am I part of the cure or am I part of the disease" They don't know if people love them or if they are just another problem in life.

"Nothing else compares" They don't think anyone suffers like they do. They wan't to stay away from people.

"Home,where I wanted to go" They don't want to be in public. They wan't to be home where they are safe.

Well thats my opinion. Hope you like it!

@ShooFlyPie Very nice interpretation!

@ShooFlyPie i like your interpretation a lot, but who is he addressing when he says "you are"?

@ShooFlyPie I think the 'you are' part is about all the thoughts going through your head when you have a panic attack. 'you are' is an unfinished sentence because when you panic your thoughts are going so fast that you don't even have enough time to process them before they turn into other thoughts. the sentences alway start with 'you are' because you feel like you can't talk to anyone about it so you try to talk to yourself about it. either reassuring yourself or distracting yourself or making it worse with bad thoughts that you can't control. well that's...