Coldplay
Paradise lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:39
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear, a waterfall
In the night, the stormy night, she'd close her eyes
In the night, the stormy night, away she'd fly
And dreamed of para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
La, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, yeah
So lying underneath those stormy skies
She said, "Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
This could be para-para-paradise
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
This could be para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
This could be para-, para-, paradise
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
This could be para-, para-, paradise
Para-, para-, paradise
This could be para-, para-, paradise
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
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Key vocabulary
- ooh-ooh-ooh
- sound of praise or warning
- expected
- thought likelyB1
- flew
- went through the air
- away
- not here; elsewhereA1
- dreamed
- had dreamsA2
- paradise
- perfect peaceful place
- closed
- not openA2
- bullets
- small metal projectilesB2
- catch
- grasp or seizeA2
- teeth
- hard parts for biting
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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.