Coldplay
White Shadows lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:29
When I was a young boy, I tried to listen
And I wanna feel like that
Little white shadows, blink and miss them
Part of a system, I am
If you ever feel like something's missing
Things you'll never understand
Little white shadows sparkle and glisten
Part of a system, a plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
All this sound is breaking up
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Maybe you'll get what you wanted
Maybe you'll stumble upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state
Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
And when you find it, you'll keep it
In a permanent state, a permanent state
When I was a young boy, I tried to listen
Don't you wanna feel like that?
You're part of the human race
All of the stars and the outer space
Part of a system, a plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
I cannot hear, you're breaking up
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Maybe you'll get what you wanted
Maybe you'll stumble upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state
Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
And when you find it, you'll keep it
In a permanent state, a permanent state
Swimming on a sea of faces
Tide of the human races
Oh, an answer now is what I need
See it in the new sun rising
See it break on your horizon
Oh, come on, love, stay with me
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Key vocabulary
- boy
- male childA1
- don't
- do notA1
- listen
- hear carefullyA1
- waking
- not asleepB2
- little
- small in sizeA1
- love
- deep careA1
- maybe
- perhapsA1
- mean
- signifyA1
- miss
- not hit or reachA1
- need
- must haveA1
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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.