 Genius Meanings
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Coldplay – Arabesque
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The co-lead single “Arabesque” (which is the lead single for the Sunrise part of the album) is Coldplay’s way of trying to sew peace in the wake of the western fear of Islam with
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Coldplay – Daylight
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The sixth track of A Rush of Blood to the Head, “Daylight” is about the realization that you love someone. It also plays with the dyadic pair of light & darkness.
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Coldplay – Up&Up
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In the dramatic and uplifting grand finale of Coldplay’s enigmatic A Head Full of Dreams, the band presents us with a power ballad that encourages belief and optimism in both life
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Coldplay – Hypnotised
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“Hypnotised” is a “dreamlike ballad” from the British rock band Coldplay’s 2017 EP, Kaleidoscope. It is the second song from the EP to be announced, and is the fifth track on what
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Coldplay – Sunrise
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“Sunrise (شروق)”, the opening track to Everyday Life an instrumental that contains an orchestra. The track was teased on their YouTube channel and their other social media websites
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Lizzo – Coldplay
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As one of the most personal and vulnerable tracks she has done, “Coldplay” serves as the closing track to Lizzo’s Special. It contains a portion of “Yellow” by Coldplay, hence the
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Coldplay – Church
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The chord progression for “Church"— F#m – A – Em – Bm—bookends the album. It is recalled for the closing track, Everyday Life.
The song draw a thin parallelism between the beauty
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Coldplay – بنی آدم
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“بنی آدم (Children of Adam)” is a song inspired by the Persian poem of the same name (or sometimes also called “Bani Adam”) by Saadi Shirazi. The poem in English reads:
Humans (
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Coldplay – Everyday Life
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The closing track off Everyday Life showcases a slow piano ballad that describes and summarizes the band’s general album message: love, equality, pain, struggles, legacy, humanity
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Coldplay – Èkó
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Èkó means Lagos in Yoruba language and is a city in the south-western region of Nigeria in Africa.
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Coldplay – Flags
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“Flags” is a bonus track included on the Japanese version of the album Everyday Life. It points out how borders and flags can’t divide people since they are all from the same
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Coldplay – Old Friends
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[Verse] / Tony was a friend of mine / We were together all the time / He had my back / Once he really saved my life / [Pre-Chorus] / Sometimes I wanna call him / Say, "Hey, let's
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Coldplay – Trouble
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“Trouble” (originally titled “Spiderwebs”) is the sixth track and third single of Parachutes. This song actually has two music videos: the first video was done in the UK, but
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Coldplay – Orphans
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The co-lead single from Everyday Life and lead single from ‘Sunset’, the second part of the double album, “Orphans”, tackles the Syrian Civil War. It showcases the story of a girl
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Coldplay – Champion of the World
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“Champion of the World” was released as a tribute to Scott Hutchison, the lead singer of Frightened Rabbit who took his life in May 2018 after struggling with depression. The song
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Coldplay – BrokEn
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On “BrokEn,” Chris Martin leads a gospel choir in a simple call-and-response structure, backed only by a piano and some finger snaps.
Coldplay dedicated this song to Brian Eno
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Coldplay – Twisted Logic
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“Twisted Logic” is the final (listed) track on X&Y and is pretty slow-burning until the final hook, when it turns into an epic rock-out. The song is a warning that if we are not
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Coldplay – Daddy
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“Daddy” is a slow, piano-driven track about a neglectful relationship between a son and his father. It shows how the father moved away from his son (interpreted by Chris Martin
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Coldplay – Adventure of a Lifetime
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The groovy fifth track on Coldplay’s dynamic A Head Full of Dreams takes a step into disco, with a simplistic song about life and love, backed by a funky dance floor beat. It
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OneRepublic – Sunshine
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[Chorus] / Runnin' through this strange life / Chasin' all them green lights / Throwin' out the shade for a little bit of sunshine / Hit me with them good vibes / Pictures on my
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Coldplay – Guns
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The opener for the second part of the album, Sunset (غروب), starts with “Guns”, a track that criticizes American’s love for guns and how people have been led to believe that gun
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Snow Patrol – Run
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“Run” is a story of two people in a close relationship who are separated by circumstance. It is about a person giving final remarks to someone they may possibly never see again.
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Radiohead – No Surprises
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“No Surprises” is the fourth and final single from Radiohead’s third album, OK Computer. It was the first song to be recorded for the album, and the band actually stuck with the
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Tom Odell – Another Love
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In an interview, Tom Odell explains:
“Another Love” is a confusing one; it’s not a traditional love song. The song, for me, is about trying—really trying with all your heart—to be
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Tyler Childers (Ft. The Highwall) – Shake the Frost
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In this song Tyler uses multiple mental images to compare himself to a situation where you would “shake the frost”. First, he describes a beautiful forrest and compares his love to
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Coldplay – WOTW / POTP (Live In Jordan Version)
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This live version of “WOTW / POTP” premiered on November 22nd, 2019, after the release of the band’s album, Everyday Life.
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Coldplay (Ft. Coldplay) – A View From The Top
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If you were God / Tomorrow / Stand up / At the sunrise / All Night / Stand by / So close / Round and Round / Tomorrow lies / Come on, love / Do you know how it ends? / Do you know
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Coldplay – Trouble in Town
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“Trouble in Town” is about how non-white people are treated in western countries while they are not even safe in their own countries. The track features a tape at the end of the
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Sleeping At Last – Saturn
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“Saturn” is the follow up to the previous track in Space 2, “Jupiter.”
Ryan O'Neal explained:
I liked the idea of following Jupiter with a song perhaps written from Galileo’s
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Maroon 5 – Memories
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“Memories” is an evolution of the more acoustic sound put forth in Maroon 5’s sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues, and specifically their #1 hit, “Girls Like You.” and was the first
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Augustana – Boston
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“Boston” is a song about a broken relationship, with the man’s perspective outlined in the verses, and the hook and the bridge sees him explaining the woman’s response. it’s
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Coldplay – Cry Cry Cry
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[Intro: Jacob Collier] / Cry, cry, cry, baby / Cry, cry, cry / [Verse: Chris Martin & Jacob Collier] / In a book about the world / Called The Luminous Things / There are trees and
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The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
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“Iris” was written for the 1998 film City of Angels starring Nicolas Cage. John Rzeznik explained:
When I wrote it, I was thinking about the situation of the Nicolas Cage
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
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Prince’s definitive power ballad “Purple Rain” peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 on November 17, 1984 behind Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”. It was the title track of the album and
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