Coldplay
Hurts Like Heaven lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:03
Written in graffiti on a bridge in a park
Do you ever get the feeling that you're missing the mark?
It's so cold, it's so cold
It's so cold, it's so cold
Written up in marker on a factory sign
I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine
It's so cold, it's so cold
It's so cold, it's so cold
See the arrow that they shot, trying to tear us apart
Take the fire from my belly and the beat from my heart
Still I won't let go
Still I won't let go
You
'Cause you do
Oh, you use your heart as a weapon
And it hurts like heaven
On every street, every car, every surface are names
Tonight the streets are ours, and we're writing and singing
Don't let them take control
No, we won't let them take control
Yes, I feel a little bit nervous
Yes, I feel nervous, and I cannot relax
How come they're out to get us?
How come they're out when they don't know the facts?
So on a concrete canvas under cover of dark
On a concrete canvas, I'll go making my mark
Armed with a spray can soul
I'll be armed with a spray can soul
You
Oh, you
'Cause you use your heart as a weapon
And it hurts like heaven
(Whoa, oh)
(Whoa, oh)
It's true
When you use your heart as a weapon
That it hurts like heaven
Oh, it hurts like heaven
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Key vocabulary
- beat
- hit; strikeA2
- bit
- small amountA2
- factory
- place where goods are madeA2
- mark
- sign or small spotA2
- singing
- making music with voiceA2
- know
- understandA1
- let
- allowA1
- little
- small in sizeA1
- names
- words used as titlesA1
- street
- road in a cityA1
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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.