This seems to be one of Coldplay's most enigmatic songs. The tone is generally positive, but the unusual vocals (use of vocoder) and the video, have darker and negative shades.
The first few lines talk about not letting a hope die. As they say, the night is the darkest just before the dawn; in the case of the song, it implies that just before things get better, they hit their worst. There's an impending storm and one is on the verge of giving up everything. But then the line "Leave a light on" suggests to hang on a little longer, until the dawn breaks, and things get better.
It's atypical of Coldplay to make a song like this one, but I can imagine entering a trance-like state if I listened to this song over and over again while lying in a dark room.
This seems to be one of Coldplay's most enigmatic songs. The tone is generally positive, but the unusual vocals (use of vocoder) and the video, have darker and negative shades. The first few lines talk about not letting a hope die. As they say, the night is the darkest just before the dawn; in the case of the song, it implies that just before things get better, they hit their worst. There's an impending storm and one is on the verge of giving up everything. But then the line "Leave a light on" suggests to hang on a little longer, until the dawn breaks, and things get better. It's atypical of Coldplay to make a song like this one, but I can imagine entering a trance-like state if I listened to this song over and over again while lying in a dark room.