Coldplayis an English rock band originating from London. The members are vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. Having released three successful albums (all of which debuted at number one on the UK album chart,) Coldplay has also achieved great success with their singles, such as "Yellow," "Speed of Sound" and the Grammy-winning "Clocks" (although, perhaps surprisingly, they have yet to achieve a UK number-one single.) Coldplay's early material was often compared to the likes of Jeff Buckley and Radiohead, while also drawing comparisons to U2and Travis. Since the release of the band's debut album, Parachutes (2000), Coldplay has also drawn influence from other sources, including Echo and the Bunnymen and George Harrison on A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) and Johnny Cash and Kraftwerk for X&Y (2005), the band's latest release. Coldplay is one of very few current British music acts to achieve major success in North America.
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Speed Of Sound Lyrics
Coldplay
Oh when you see it then you’d understand
If you could see it then you’d understand
Birds come flying from the underground
To show you how it all began
And the earth’s gone flying at the speed of sound
Oooh…
Some get made, and some get send
Some things you can’t invent
All those signs, I knew what they meant
Oh when you see it then you’d understand
Refr.
But others are puzzles, puzzling me
Some things you have to believe
All the land that I couldn’t see
The sign that I couldn’t read
Japan and China all lit up
All the buildings that you put up
All the inventors could never design
Ideas that you’ll never find
If you could see it then you’d understand
Birds come flying from the underground
To show you how it all began
And the earth’s gone flying at the speed of sound
And all those spaces, I got found
And all that noise, all that sound
Refr:
Before I see things that I made up
I’ll start before I can stop
With my head stuck under the sand
How long am I gonna stand
If the chance that you get, is the chance you seize
Climb up, up in the trees
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Look up, I look up at night
Up on the side of this mountain of mine
How long do I have to climb
If you never try, then you never know
Where to, where do I go
Before I know what it feels like
How long before you decide
Before it starts, before I begin
How long before I get in