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When I was a young boy I tried to listen
And I want to feel like that
Little white shadows blink and I missed em
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 plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
All this sound is breaking up
Whoa 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 want to feel like that
You're part of the human race
All of the stars and the outer space
Part of the system plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
I cannot hear, you're breaking up
Whoa 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
A tide of the human race
So, an answer now is what I need
I see it in the new sun rising
I see it break on your horizon
Oh come on love, stay with me
And I want to feel like that
Little white shadows blink and I missed em
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 plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
All this sound is breaking up
Whoa 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 want to feel like that
You're part of the human race
All of the stars and the outer space
Part of the system plan
All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
I cannot hear, you're breaking up
Whoa 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
A tide of the human race
So, an answer now is what I need
I see it in the new sun rising
I see it break on your horizon
Oh come on love, stay with me
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 06:05 westslope wrote: The DJ just ROCKS!!!!!!!!! And the haters/trolls never pay to drop their venom on this blog. Ho Hum........... |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 06:03 dew34 wrote: This song is good. Do hear a little U2 in their presentation. Me too, and that is merely paying respect to someone else who never seems to leave that chop for too long. |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 09:48 I thought it was Keane, hard to tell sometimes |
| Reckoner978 (Serbia) | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 02:25 Jim_Highfield wrote: This one is OK. I really like "What if" but it isn't on the list. ![]() One of my favorites! |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 17:15 Jim_Highfield wrote: This one is OK. I really like "What if" but it isn't on the list. ![]() This song is good. Do hear a little U2 in their presentation. |
| Jim_Highfield | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 08:21 This one is OK. I really like "What if" but it isn't on the list. ![]() |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 08:18 ziakut wrote: Is Coldplay a bit self indulgent? Yes. Do I like the atmosphere in this song? Yes. Can't have everything right? Are we done with useless questions? Yes! LOL!
Nicely written. Terrific mood. Just an amazing follow up to Waiting by the Tree. The DJ just ROCKS!!!!!!!!! |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 23:59 Imho....way too over rated. Marginal. |
| drsteevo | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 10:46 |
| testpilot | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 10:45 All is QUIET... on a New Year's Day ![]() |
| dsd (PDX) | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 10:43 Bill, just keep playing what you like. No, I don't like it all, but I SO appreciate that you seem to be immune to the generalizations, and opinions of the day. |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 20:07 Is Coldplay a bit self indulgent? Yes. Do I like the atmosphere in this song? Yes. Can't have everything right? Are we done with useless questions? Yes! |
| ScottN (Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 20:04 jnesser wrote: I don't know what people see in Cold Play. I cannot tolerate their music whatsoever. Not getting the attraction for this song (or Group) either. |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 20:03 gash |
| jnesser | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 15:11 I don't know what people see in Cold Play. I cannot tolerate their music whatsoever. |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 09:34 Prince called...he wants his mid-song riff back. |
| dsd (PDX) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 18:20 Love the song; love the album. I'm just not cool, that's all. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 06:52 Crap. |
| jktravl (Virginia) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 06:49 Bill's been digging in the bargain bin again, This is soooooo 2000's |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 01:16 tphord wrote: whiny... trite... mundane... listen to one Coldplay song - pretty much set for life. I liked the first Coldplay song I ever heard. I'm still waiting for them to make a new one. When they do, I might like it too. |
| tphord (Up 'ere) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 05:28 whiny... trite... mundane... listen to one Coldplay song - pretty much set for life. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: May 22, 2011 - 14:41 Cool song! |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 10:18 I enjoy Coldplay...They've got their own sound |
| okelle | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 10:16 This album lacks the intensity of its predecessors. I think being married to Gyneth Paltrow is bad for the lead singer's songwriting (I'm assuming he's involved). He should give her to me instead. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 15:43 ![]() |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 15:41 trite. |
| Sasha2001 (Where the last of the union men run free) | Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 15:41 Come on! This song rocks! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 02:15 helgigermany wrote: I really missed all the negative comments for coldplay!! And here they are!! For me, one of coldplays best albums!! That's because nobody gives a shit anymore. |
| jjo (Zurich, Switzerland) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 02:02 man ... is incredible how a band that can only do soft ballads can come out as a ""rock"" band (!) |
| jkhandy (Near the ocean (in my mind)) | Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 15:19 clwguy wrote: 10... just to piss off the haters and because i love this song Ditto!! |
| clwguy | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 09:04 firecrackers work even better then ear plugs johnjconn wrote: Oh Boy, another Coldplay song. Gee wiz , anybody got a pair of ear plugs? |
| pousso (Nairobi, Kenya) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 15:32 clwguy wrote: 10... just to piss off the haters and because i love this song Love this song, love the whole album....... |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 15:31 Oh Boy, another Coldplay song. Gee wiz , anybody got a pair of ear plugs? |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 06:20 clwguy wrote: 10... just to piss off the haters and because i love this song This follows Porcupine Tree's Waiting rather well. How's that for a big fat compliment? (For both the DJ and Coldplay) |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 09:26 Sjaaks wrote: To me it seems ages ago, a lot has happened since... I was in a very different phase of my life so yeah, it's sorta like back in the day... And now i think of it, not being English/American, i wouldn't know how to say/put it differently either... We call that "about a minute ago". |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 02:25 cactusmatador wrote: 2005 is "back in the day" ? Really? To me it seems ages ago, a lot has happened since... I was in a very different phase of my life so yeah, it's sorta like back in the day... And now i think of it, not being English/American, i wouldn't know how to say/put it differently either... |
| clwguy | Posted: Oct 02, 2010 - 18:23 10... just to piss off the haters and because i love this song |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 09:09 deepwoodskev wrote: These guys seemed to have faded away. Amazing considering how popular they were just a couple of years ago. I don't think they've faded; they just haven't put out a new album in a couple of years. They'll probably be all over the place again whenever that's released. |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 18:22 deepwoodskev wrote: These guys seemed to have faded away. Amazing considering how popular they were just a couple of years ago. Faded away? They're still all over the dial (terrestrial and satellite). Coldplay is a lot of things, but "faded" isn't one of them. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 07:10 cactusmatador wrote: 2005 is "back in the day" ? Really? Hopefully, you didn't purchase any property in 2005 (back in the day) . Even if you put 10-15% down on it, it's probably worth less right now than you owe on it, if you haven't walked away from it already. So I'd like to give a personal shout-out to all the shady mortgage brokers who cleaned up back then. I hope you're all working at Quik-E-Mart right now, serving slurpees to Beavis. |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 08:25 These guys seemed to have faded away. Amazing considering how popular they were just a couple of years ago. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 22:12 Very nice! |
| Ubaldo (Hurricane Alley, FL -- Inside the Cone) | Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 10:11 They should cut a CD with Gwinnie singing a couple tunes. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 21:16 This song doesn't suck ... much. That's what I was gonna say but find that I've already hit the "Sucko Barfo" knob. This band just sounds too much like a ripoff of U2. |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 21:13 I hear, "When Doves Cry". |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:20 jools wrote: I really do not like this lot. As bad as Bloody Radiohead. I really like this a lot. Not as good as Radiohead though. |
| Fables85 (Not Here) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 07:03 helgigermany wrote: I really missed all the negative comments for coldplay!! Always happy to oblige. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: May 02, 2010 - 22:09 TWEE! I like the Mad TV Coldplay better than the "real" one. Too bloody contrived. Make it stop!!!!!! Lame! U2 wannabes. Ow Ow Ow. I really do not like this a lot. A FAKE ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHGHHHHHHH |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 13:51 I really missed all the negative comments for coldplay!! And here they are!! For me, one of coldplays best albums!! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 13:40 4 |


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