 Genius Meanings
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Coldplay – Bigger Stronger
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1st song on Safety EP, May 1998 and The Blue Room EP, October 1999.
This song sarcastically represents the insatiable desire of humans to continually create and have bigger
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Coldplay – Bigger Stronger (Live from Norway)
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A live recording of “Bigger Stronger”, recorded at Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, on 1st of December, 2000.
This along with “You Only Live Twice” were the two missing songs
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Coldplay – You Only Live Twice (Live from Norway)
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Coldplay likes to cover this James Bond theme on stage, as captured here on record at Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, on 1st of December, 2000 for the standard “Don’t Panic
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Coldplay – See You Soon
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Third track from Coldplay’s second EP ‘The Blue Room’, released in 1999. The track would later become a staple of the band’s ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’ tour’s setlists
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Coldplay – Careful Where You Stand
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[Verse 1] / I feel safe / I feel warm / When you're here / And I do no wrong / I am cured when I'm by your side / I'm alright / I'm alright / [Verse 2] / I am safe when I am with
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Coldplay – For You
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Originally on the Japanese version of Coldplay’s ‘debut’ album Parachutes, For You was released as a bonus track along with Careful Where You Stand. It is also one of the least
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Coldplay – Gravity
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“Gravity” is a rare Coldplay song; first performed live in 2002, then later, Chris Martin gave the song to British band Embrace.
The lyrics talk about a relationship between two
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Coldplay – Murder
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[Intro] / Murder they're coming to get us / Yeah, coming to get us, and away we hide / Murder, see it all around us / See it all around us, and away we hide / Murder coming to get
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Coldplay – Pour Me (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
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[Verse 1] / Poor me, floatin' out to sea / An opportunity that went bad / Poor you, now what you gonna do? / Now what you gonna do? You just cry / [Verse 2] / Poor me, so blind I
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Coldplay – Help Is Round the Corner
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First released as a B-side on the Yellow single in June 2000, Help Is Round the Corner narrates the subject’s lament at coming to a dead-end in their life, and coming to terms with
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Coldplay – I Ran Away
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“I Ran Away” served as a B-side to the popular single “The Scientist,” from the band’s sophomore album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.
The song discusses a love interest from whom
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Coldplay – One I Love
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This song is on the B-side, along with I Bloom Blaum, to In My Place, the lead single from A Rush Of Blood To The Head. It’s lyrics describe a relationship that’s on the rocks, but
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Coldplay – Don't Panic (Blue Room EP)
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[Verse: Chris Martin] / Bones, sinkin' like stones / All that we fought for / Homes, places we’ve grown / All of us are done for / [Chorus: Chris Martin] / We live in a beautiful
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Imagine Dragons – It's Time
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Imagine Dragons' breakthrough hit, “It’s Time” hit #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 despite being an alternative/indie song. As Dan Reynolds croons about “giving the commodities a rain
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Coldplay – Crests of Waves
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“Crests Of Waves” is the second song on Coldplay’s Clocks EP. It’s one of two otherwise unreleased songs on the EP; the other is called “Animals”.
Lyrically, “Crests of Waves
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Coldplay – Things I Don't Understand
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[Verse 1] / How tides control the sea / And what becomes of me / How little things can slip out of your hands / How often people change / No two remain the same / Why things don't
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Coldplay (Ft. Simon Pegg) – 1.36
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One of two B-sides to Coldplay’s second single, “The Scientist”, from their second studio album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. “1.36” briefly features actor Simon Pegg in the outro.
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Coldplay – The World Turned Upside Down
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A leftover from the band’s sessions with Ken Nelson, which ended in turmoil after dissatisfaction with the sound and creative direction.
“The World Turned Upside Down” shares the
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Coldplay – Brothers and Sisters (2000)
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A re-recorded version to their first single through Fierce Panda Records, this was the B-Side to their single “Trouble”.
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John Mayer – Bigger Than My Body
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[Verse 1] / This is a call to the color-blind / This is an IOU / I'm stranded behind a horizon line / Tied up in something true / [Pre-Chorus] / Yes, I'm grounded / Got my wings
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Coldplay, We Are King & Jacob Collier – ♡ (Human Heart)
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“♡,” or alternatively titled, “Human Heart,” marks the first collaboration between duo We Are KING, and marks the return of Jacob Collier, who has previously collaborated and
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Coldplay – No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground
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The 2nd song on Coldplay’s debut release, the Safety EP, released May of 1998.
Also included as the 3rd track on the “Yellow” single, released in 2000.
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Coldplay – Such a Rush
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3rd song on Safety EP, May 1998.
5th song on The Blue Room EP, October 1999.
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Kanye West (Ft. Chris Martin) – Homecoming
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Interpolating a line from Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.,” Kanye uses extended metaphor to describe his feelings for Chicago, his home, by comparing it to a lost girlfriend.
Ye
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Harry Styles – Matilda
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“Matilda” is the seventh track off Harry’s House, the third studio album by Harry Styles.
In the song, Harry somberly sings to somebody whose family did not treat her well. He
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Avicii – Wake Me Up
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“Wake Me Up” is the lead single for Avicii’s first studio album #True. It features Aloe Blacc, who wrote the lyrics on a plane flying from Geneva, Switzerland, to L.A.
Like many
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Gala – Freed from Desire
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“Freed from Desire” is a song written and recorded by the Brooklyn-based Italian singer and songwriter Gala. It was released in 1996 as the first single from her first album Come
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Frank Ocean – Pyramids
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Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids” is a nearly 10-minute-long tale of the ancient history of the Black woman and her gradual decline from a Queen in her homeland to her now degrading role in
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Elton John – I'm Still Standing
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‘I’m Still Standing’ is the second single and song from Elton John’s ‘Too Low For Zero’.
Russel Mulcahy, video director of the videoclip, told us ‘I Want My MTV!’:
Elton John’s
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Lewis Capaldi – Bruises
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“Bruises” is the second track and first single from Lewis Capaldi’s first album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Expanded Edition). The lyrics deftly deal with heartache
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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A$AP Mob (Ft. A$AP Rocky, Frank Ocean, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti & Quavo) – RAF
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A$AP Rocky of Harlem teams up with Quavo & Playboi Carti of Atlanta, Philadelphia’s Lil Uzi Vert, and Los Angeles-based Frank Ocean to deliver this one-of-a-kind banger. With a
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Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
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On “Bad Habits,” Ed Sheeran reflects on past habits of constant drinking and late night partying and what these actions tend to lead to. No matter how pure Ed’s intentions are at
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The Script – Broken Arrow
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This track is the seventh on #3, released in 2012.
It is about a relationship that seems to be a second test between two lovers, everyone must start on a new and stronger
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Taylor Swift – Midnight Rain
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With the song utilizing an inside light pop rhythm with a mix of some synth sounds, “Midnight Rain” finds Taylor singing about ending a relationship to focus on her singing career
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Five for Fighting – 100 Years
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A deeply sentimental song about how fast life goes by, “100 Years” is the fourth track on Five For Fighting’s third album, The Battle For Everything. In the US, it reached #28 on
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Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
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“Bleeding Love” is Leona Lewis' first official single after winning the third season of The X Factor UK. It debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and became the best-selling single
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3 Doors Down – Here Without You
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The band’s second biggest song, behind “Kryptonite,” is an anthem aimed at a missing or lost lover, designed to straddle the distance between them and communicate just how
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Kano (Ft. Ghetts) – The King's Speech
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[Produced by The Confect] / [Intro: Sample from The King's Speech] / That is the stone of scone. You are trivializing everything. (I don't care how many royal assholes have sat in
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