Coldplay
Clocks lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:08
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 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 never stops
Closing walls and 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
Oh, 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 (you), home, where I wanted to go (are)
Home (you), home, where I wanted to go (are)
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Key vocabulary
- brought
- carried to hereA1
- apple
- round fruitA1
- confusion
- mental disorderB2
- closing
- ending; near the endA1
- ticking
- making a tick soundB1
- compares
- shows similaritiesA1
- against
- opposed toA2
- knees
- joints of the legsA2
- saved
- kept safeA2
- seas
- large bodies of salt waterA2
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About this song
Coldplay is a British rock band that plays art rock and alternative pop. Formed in London in the late 1990s, they are known for arena-sized, atmospheric songs such as “Clocks” and for an evolving catalog from Parachutes through Viva la Vida, Mylo Xyloto, Everyday Life, and Music of the Spheres.