Coldplay
Up With the Birds lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:46
The birds, they sang, break of day
"Start again," I hear them say
It's so hard to just walk away
The birds, they sang, all a choir
"Start again," a little higher
It's a spark in a sea of grey
The sky is blue, dream that lie 'til it's true
Then taking back the punch I threw
My arms turn wings, oh, those clumsy things
Send me up to that wonderful world
And then, I'm up with the birds
Might have to go where they don't know my name
Float all over the world just to see her again
But I won't show or fear any pain
Even though all my armour might rust in the rain
A simple plot, but I know one day
Good things are coming our way
A simple plot, but I know one day
Good things are coming our way
Oh, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- wings
- parts of a birdB1
- it's
- it isA1
- choir
- group that sings togetherC1
- spark
- small flash of lightC1
- sea
- large ocean areaA2
- grey
- color between black and whiteA1
- dream
- sleep images; hopeA2
- lie
- not tell the truthA1
- til
- until
- punch
- hit with your fistC1
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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.