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Musicbrainz DBJust because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I've stopped
Doesn't mean I'm across
Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse
I just got lost!
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Oh and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost!
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Oh and I'm just waiting 'til the firing's stopped
Oh and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off
Oh and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off
Oh and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 09:57 EssexTex wrote: Prancing bunch of cocks 'Tex, I can never figure out what you really mean ... get to the point. |
| h_in_bristol (over there ^) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 09:55 Maybe just me, but Coldplay just don't do it for me. Only 2-3 minutes more - not the end of the world - time to put another load of laundry... |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 14:45 so unoriginal.. so insipid  |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 09:48 Let the daily Coldplay bashing begin. |
| Fables85 | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 01:15 Yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn. Is this over yet? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 10:32 sirdroseph wrote: They are one of those bands that sounds really good when you first hear them, then they wear thin real fast! Well, at least you got something out of them. I hear nothing but some sniveling ninny with sinus congestion. |
| raga (Italy - Como) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 00:26 tutakea wrote: Normally, I´m not TOO overwhelmed with Coldplay, to put it mildly. This song, however, is kind of a gem. Doesn´t anybody recognize the stunning early-Genesis-like synth/organ-sound. Retro emo-prog? NO! |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 13:39 EssexTex wrote: Prancing bunch of cocks  |
| pianocomposer (Springfield) | Posted: Nov 07, 2009 - 03:04 hunthunthunt wrote: Is it just me, or is this track played at least once an hour? It's you. |
| hunthunthunt (London) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 03:50 Is it just me, or is this track played at least once an hour? |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 06:39 Prancing bunch of cocks |
| tutakea | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 03:36 Normally, I´m not TOO overwhelmed with Coldplay, to put it mildly. This song, however, is kind of a gem. Doesn´t anybody recognize the stunning early-Genesis-like synth/organ-sound. Retro emo-prog? |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 13:58 They are one of those bands that sounds really good when you first hear them, then they wear thin real fast! |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 13:47 Just because I'm losing Doesn't mean I'm lost Just because I'm hurting Doesn't mean I'm hurt Love those lines.  |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 18:35 Although I do like Coldplay, sometimes they feel a little overly...mmmm....consistent. A few of their songs jump out, though, and this is one of them. 8. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 15:42 Just because I'm losing Doesn't mean I'm lost Doesn't mean I'll stop Doesn't mean I would cross Just because I'm hurting Doesn't mean I'm hurt Doesn't mean I didn't get What I deserved No better and no worse I just got lost Every river that I tried to cross Every door I ever tried was locked Ohhh and I'm... Just waiting 'til the shine wears off You might be a big fish In a little pond Doesn't mean you've won 'Cause a long may come A bigger one And you'll be lost Every river that you tried to cross Every gun you ever held went off Ohhh and I'm... Just waiting until the firing stopped Ohhh and I'm... Just waiting 'til the shine wears off (piano solo) Ohhh and I... Just waiting 'til the shine wears off Ohhh and I.. Just waiting 'til the shine wears off |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 15:28 xkolibuul wrote: ..... Or to put it less subtly: Coldplay is one of the superior bands of this decade. ELO and Supertramp were hacks. Brave opinion to voice on RP! Supertramp had one solid album; ELO now sounds a tad dated. Saw Supertramp in Calgary, Alberta in the mid-1970s. Too many screaming teenagers..... yuck. |
| rumplestiltskin | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 16:43 Every time I hear this song come on, I think, "Blue Oyster Cult? Here?" Veteran of the Psychic Wars |
| Stave (San Francisco) | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 11:58 xkolibuul wrote: Or to put it less subtly: Coldplay is one of the superior bands of this decade. ELO and Supertramp were hacks.  Gonna quote this for posterity. |
| WayUpNorth (Edge of Nowhere) | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 11:57 Best song of this album, which is really a disappointment IMHO. Glad to hear something different by them — they're just SOOOO overplayed. |
| dBdwg | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 11:57 good percussion ... underneath...on the bottom....almost missed it. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 23:50 Take a look at the playlists for ELO, Supertramp, and Coldplay on RP, and then try again on your comparison. Not even close. Or to put it less subtly: Coldplay is one of the superior bands of this decade. ELO and Supertramp were hacks. gutboy wrote: These guys seem to have come up with a formula for hitmaking, not ulike ELO and Supertramp did. IMO they keep recycling the same old thing over and over. They were boring, and Coldplay is boring. The shame is I think they all are gifted musicians who can do better. Come on guys, live like lions, try something new! |
| sirrus (#8-) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 07:02 One of the very few Coldplay songs I enjoy...  |
| betsyroks (uk leicester) | Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 08:44 messy |
| gutboy (hanging out in) | Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 20:16 These guys seem to have come up with a formula for hitmaking, not ulike ELO and Supertramp did. IMO they keep recycling the same old thing over and over. They were boring, and Coldplay is boring. The shame is I think they all are gifted musicians who can do better. Come on guys, live like lions, try something new! |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 10:50 westslope wrote: Funny how this band polarizes. Yeah, I nosed around the 'Net last week in an attempt to discover why. My guess is that the detractors have seen them on TV, etc., where Chris Martin really put people off... kind of like Gwen Stefani at her first Grammys show years ago, I'm guessing. Since I don't watch commercial TV, I've not been exposed to any of this, thankfully. I just listen to the music and decide if I like it...or not. I really like tracks from Parachutes, a few off X-Y, and a couple off of this CD. Yeah, the group isn't sonically adventurous and may be a bit formulaic, but then the same could be said of the Doves, a group that hasn't let me down yet. |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 10:48 superfido wrote: I agree with many. This is a boring song. Unremarkable. Does nothing, Moves nothing. Not even entertaining. Just below mediocre and dull. You're wrong - it moves ME. Love the ambient nature and gradual build-up. Just a gorgeous track. |
| fuh2 (salmon land) | Posted: Mar 05, 2009 - 20:12 Great melody, good execution, moving overall. 9 |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Mar 01, 2009 - 07:28 I find Coldplay peculiar in the fact that even if i string together a bunch of there songs i like individually i find it hard to take them bunched together. That doesn't go well for me and coldplay because i tend to listen to albums when not listening to RP. I'd also have to say that as far as individual tracks go this one isn't one that tickles me. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 14:42 Simple, ambient. Funny how this band polarizes. |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 14:39 I agree with many. This is a boring song. Unremarkable. Does nothing, Moves nothing. Not even entertaining. Just below mediocre and dull. |
| snakechaser (Boringtown, Bible Belt) | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 14:37 Ha! This song is on the playlist for the bodyflow class I've been taking at the yoga studio! I have to get up and swing my arms now. Or something like that!  |
| akmegan | Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 17:34 love love love this new album. Have been listening to them since Brothers & Sisters. The song craft has come SO far! Keep up the good work Coldplay & RP! Cant wait to see what they do next.  |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 08:51 peterata wrote: 'Yellow' blew me away back then. This one, well, they blew it. No way, dude. Yellow just blew, period. This band has come a looooooong way in songcraft, imho. |
| 2noir | Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 12:29 yeah...vivre la vie.... |
| randyman8 (Clarkston, MI) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 17:12 ... doesn't mean I'm  |
| jagdriver (The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 16:22 coyote620 wrote: I agree! Whatever they used to have-they LOST! Strange, but I agree. Even tracks off of X-Y got my attention, but this.....??????? |
| coyote620 | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 09:07 peterata wrote: 'Yellow' blew me away back then. This one, well, they blew it. I agree! Whatever they used to have-they LOST! |
| rah | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 09:05 Catchy. You gotta give them that. They know how to make a song stick in your head. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 21:09 optimum that a band can have it is a proper identity; and to know to keep it….or to lock up for workmanships - 4 / 5. |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 04:00 Of course 10. |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 16:51 phineas wrote: Two words: Bore. Ring. Yes, indeed  |
| phineas | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 16:50 Two words: Bore. Ring. |
| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 15:28 Wow. It is not a good idea for these guys to follow Dylan. They sound even more insipid by contrast than they usualy do. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet waiting for the ticket home) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 08:34 Right now the only difference between me and Coldplay is that they can take a bunch of lyrics that probably every other person has gone through, write a song from it and make millions from it. I can go through the same thing, write the same thing and get nothing but evicted, depressed and lonely. I wonder where they think this is going? I use to really like this group. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 08:34 LAME… This whole album is like one long ONE chord song, at that a bad one chord song. And to be fair I liked there first 2 albums, very good. |
| Govi (Left Coast) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 08:31 DELTA__9__FOOLS wrote: Another boring song from a boring band. Totaleh! |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 13:32 Hmm I'm starting to get a feeling even though this album is a major departure from the rest of their stuff, it all sounds the same. Haven't had a chance to listen to whole album, just basing this off what I've heard so far. |
| DELTA__9__FOOLS (Dirtona, FL) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 13:31 Another boring song from a boring band. |
| Pyro | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 13:30 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: I actually sort of liked that which is unusual cos I'm not a big CP fan. Ahh... I see Eno produced it. figures.
Get out of my head!  (Couldn't have said it better myself.) |
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