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Artist: Coldplay
Track: The Scientist (2002)

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Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

(Oh, ooh)
(Ah, ooh)
(Oh, ooh)
(Oh, ooh)
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[Verse 1] / तुमसे मिलने के लिए आ रहा हूँ, माफी मांगने के लिए आ रहा हूँ, तुम्हें पता नहीं है कि तुम कितनी प्यारी हो / मुझे तुम्हें ढूँढ़ना पड़ा, तुम्हें बताना पड़ा कि मुझे तुम्हारी
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