Sunday, October 28, 2012

Clocks by Cold Play


"Clocks"
The lights go out and I can't be saved


Tides that I tried to swim against

Have brought me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing




Come out of the things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head and a

Trouble that can't be named

A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singing




You are, you are




Confusion that never stops

The closing walls and the ticking clocks gonna 

Come back and take you home

I could not stop, that you now know, singing 




Come out upon my seas

Cursed missed opportunities am I 

A part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease, singing




You are, you are

You are, you are

You are, you are




And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares





You are, you are





Home, home, where I wanted to go 

Home, home, where I wanted to go 

Home, home, where I wanted to go (You are)

Home, home, where I wanted to go (You are)


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I believe that this song is about someone who is fighting against time to accomplish the goals they had set. It has been hard; they've encountered many struggles but keep on going, even though their time is running out. They are confused on what to do, on who they are, but still keep going. The person knows they can’t do it alone and go ask for help. There are so many goals in life that we want to achieve, and so many activities that we want to do, but there is such thing as time where only a handful can be done, no matter how you try to squeeze in the others.
The tone of this song is desperate, but with a calm voice. Since the meaning of this song is trying to accomplish their goals within a limited amount of time, even with all the hardships, they try and make it sound as though the person is becoming impatient but is still tranquil about the situation, or they know that they’ll lose it all.   

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