Coldplay
Us Against the World lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:00
Oh, morning
Come bursting
The clouds amen
Lift off this blindfold, let me see again
Bring back the water that your ships roll in
In my heart she left a hole
The tightrope that I'm walking just sways and ties
The devil as he's talking with those angel's eyes
And I just want to be there when the lightning strikes
And the saints go marching in
And sing
Slow it down
Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world
Like a river to a raindrop
I lost a friend
My drunken hazard Daniel in a lion's den
And tonight I know it all has to begin again
So whatever you do, don't let go
And if we could float away
Fly up to the surface
And just start again
Lift off before trouble
Just erodes us in the rain
Just erodes us in the rain
Just erodes us
And see roses in the rain, saying
Slow it down
Slow it down
Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world
Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world
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Key vocabulary
- raindrop
- a single drop of rain
- drunken
- drunk; alcohol-impaired
- lion's
- belonging to a lionA1
- den
- the (that one)B1
- don't
- do notA1
- float
- to stay on waterB2
- hazard
- danger or riskC1
- back
- toward the rearA1
- bring
- take to hereA1
- come
- arriveA1
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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.