Coldplay
Swallowed in the Sea lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:00
You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me
And that's what made me see where I was going wrong
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me
And I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea
You put me on the line and hung me out to dry
And darling that's when I decided to go see you
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes
Made me realize what I could not see
And I could write a book
The one they'll say that shook the world and then it took
It took it back from me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
And you'll come back to me, not swallowed in the sea
Well, I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
The streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
Oh, what good is it to live with nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see
All the streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
You belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
Yeah, you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
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Key vocabulary
- around
- in a circular areaA1
- back
- toward the rearA1
- belong
- be yours; fitA2
- brought
- carried to hereA1
- found
- past of findB2
- see
- notice with your eyesA1
- spread
- to extend or spread outB1
- shelf
- flat shelf for objectsB1
- blame
- blame for wrongB2
- swallowed
- moved down the throatB2
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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.