Clocks by Coldplay

Artist: Coldplay

Genre: Pop

Length: 5:07

Released: 2002

Continuing the existential themes of A Rush of Blood to the Head, “Clocks” opens with a haunting piano melody into Chris Martin’s falsetto vocals. The song concerns the paradox facing humanity: an obsession with time and punctuality versus a desire to savor every moment and “seize the day.” The lyrics speak to this universal existential anxiety. Several remixes exist of the song, and there are many samples of the piano riff used throughout the song. “Clocks” was well received by critics an...

Clocks lyrics

The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I beg and plead
Singin' come out of things un said
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singin'
You are
You are
Confusion that never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know
Singin' come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease? Singin'
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
And nothing else compares
Oh, no, nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are
You are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go

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