The Escapist Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BehoLa 

Cover art for The Escapist lyrics by Coldplay

The song to me is about death. Since most songs on the album are about war, I think it's about someone who lives in a war, and who sometimes wishes to escape from this terrible life by dying.

The song that came before, "Death and All His Friends" is very loud, and can be interpreted as the same person who has lost friends and family in the war, and who's trying to escape from the war, but then in this song he realizes that there's no point in living and carrying on. He "awakes".

My Interpretation