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Elbert's avatar

I also love Coldplay as much as I think Martin is unfit to wield a pen and paper

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Musho Rodney Greenblat's avatar

True! I'm also a Coldplay fan and find their competent music oddly soothing. It's wonderful and deserving that they have become a world-wide mega-success. About the lyrics, I agree they make very little sense so it many be a case of the words just sounding beautiful as they are pronounced and styled by the singer. The way Chris Martin sings the word "yellow" with his British accent is lovely. The word "bones" too, and his wistful struggling with "I drew a line for you" is magical. The lyrics add up to very little, but I suppose hit songs sometimes work for other reasons.

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