Monday, March 16, 2009 . 10:47 PM
Coldplay Week: Day 1 - Amsterdam
7 days to COLDPLAY: THE VIVA LA VIDA TOUR
I declare this week Coldplay week on my blog, in lieu of their upcoming concert in Singapore this coming Monday. Each day I will share one of my favourite Coldplay songs with you and the reasons for it being so :)
I kick off the countdown with my favourite Coldplay song ever - "Amsterdam", from their album A Rush Of Blood To The Head. This rendition is my favourite, from their Coldplay Live 2003 album.
This song is just so... emotional. Chris Martin opens it with the piano and takes the song all the way to the last bit with just his singing and piano-playing. The last moment of the song is really, truly a climax in every sense of the word with the whole band coming in to support Chris Martin as he goes "you came along and you cut me loose" right at the end... then everything dies down... and the song ends as it began, with the piano and the singer (and a little bass, but you get the idea).
The lyrics are beautiful as well. I have dreams of performing this for my wife at our wedding lol. Pity that getting married looks more and more impossible with each passing day.
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay
Come on, oh my star is fading
And I swerve out of control
If I, if I'd only waited
I'd not be stuck here in this hole
Come here, oh my star is fading
And I swerve out of control
And I swear I waited and waited
I've got to get out of this hole
But time is on your side
It's on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
It's no cause for concern
Come on, oh my star is fading
And I see no chance of release
And I know I'm dead on the surface
But I am screaming underneath
And time is on your side
It's on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
No it's no cause for concern
Stuck on the end of this ball and chain
And I'm on my way back down again
Stood on a bridge, tied to a noose
Sick to the stomach
You can say what you mean
But it won't change a thing
I'm sick of the secrets
Stood on the edge, tied to a noose
You came along and you cut me loose
You came along and you cut me loose
You came along and you cut me loose.
And I swerve out of control
If I, if I'd only waited
I'd not be stuck here in this hole
Come here, oh my star is fading
And I swerve out of control
And I swear I waited and waited
I've got to get out of this hole
But time is on your side
It's on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
It's no cause for concern
Come on, oh my star is fading
And I see no chance of release
And I know I'm dead on the surface
But I am screaming underneath
And time is on your side
It's on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
No it's no cause for concern
Stuck on the end of this ball and chain
And I'm on my way back down again
Stood on a bridge, tied to a noose
Sick to the stomach
You can say what you mean
But it won't change a thing
I'm sick of the secrets
Stood on the edge, tied to a noose
You came along and you cut me loose
You came along and you cut me loose
You came along and you cut me loose.
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
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