Coldplay
Colour Spectrum lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 1:01
This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival
A joy, a depression, a meanness
Some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture
Still, treat each guest honorably
He may be clearing you out
For some new delight
The dark thought, the shame, the malice
Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in
Be grateful for whatever comes
Because each has been sent
As a guide from beyond
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Key vocabulary
- new
- not old; recentA1
- some
- not allA1
- clearing
- an open spaceA2
- crowd
- many people togetherA2
- empty
- not full; having nothingA2
- guest
- person who visitsA2
- sweep
- move in one directionB2
- furniture
- things to sit or sleepA2
- invite
- ask someone to comeA2
- entertain
- provide fun or showB1
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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.