What does coldplay the scientist song mean

He's a very passionate guy, so he got really into it. What we learned later on is about the problems with phonetics, because you have to be very careful with the lip movement so that when you end on a sound your mouth is formed in the right way. With Martin fully versed in singing in reverse, the production moved to North London for scenes of the singer walking through the streets of the city, where he cavorts with backward bicycle riders and street ballers unshooting hoops, both of which fit with lyrics about pulling puzzles apart and "questions of science.

Martin is seen moping among upward-falling leaves and reliving a frightening car crash in which he loses control of his vehicle and plunges down a ravine, sending his formerly giggling girlfriend hurtling through the windshield. Of course, in Thraves' version, the woman is sucked back into the car through a shower of glass, the BMW rolls up a hill and the clip ends with the couple smiling and laughing as they cruise in reverse down a country lane.

This reads as if he is saying that he wants a second chance with her. Indeed it is very much possible that he is relating these feelings after already being told, by her, that the romance is over. And he definitely does not want that to transpire. Or more specific to the situation at hand, it is based on the idea that no issue seems to worry a man more than losing the woman he loves.

But now that his sweetheart is on her way out the door, all of these matters have taken an indisputable backseat to winning her back. He simply walks out of the vehicle, from the scene, into the city. These events however, happened in reverse motion. Meaning though the video was shot normally, it was played in a backward motion. The song is mainly themed on an attempt to analyze and recover a broken relationship. Jamie Thraves was the director of the video and he revealed to MTV that the idea came up a year before he heard or found the perfect song to match.

He wanted to create a video that begins happily and ends happily at the rewind although the story is essentially tragic. Not to hurt yourself.

Everything is open to interpretation-it's personal. For me it has two meanings. The first is the lyrics about love and the breakup of a relationship with a girlfriend. The second meaning for me is very difficult to listen to at times.

It has to do with the relationship I had with my mother. The last night when the doctor told my father and I that she would die in an hour maybe five hours they were keeping her alive with drugs-she had a d.

I would walk out to the car and listen to a rush of blood to the head. Then when I felt strong enough I would go back to her room. I was in my late twenties when I had a severe problem with substance abuse. This took it's toll on my mother. Mentally, physically, financially and monetarily. And most of all watching her take her last breath and dealing with her death.

Thats a gift that keeps me going during hard times. I have not met many people as special as she was. She was an amazing human being. One who will always be greatly missed. I could go on but I think you get the general idea. I personally believe that the song is about a man who has just made a major mistake and therefore caused the breaking up of he and the love of his life.

He is still trying to figure out what went wrong, but is over-analyzing the situation and not necessarily relying on his gut instinct. He wants everything to go back to what it once was so that he can undo the mistakes he made and revive the relationship. The video proves my point. Chris Martin goes backwards Everyone has different opinions, and I'm sure that mine is just as worthless to all of you as the next one. Do we really have to define the song? I think this along with Politik are two of the best songs Coldplay have written.

The scientist speaks about how all bets are out the window when you factor love into the scientific equation. You can have empirical, scientific data but love supersedes all. Love and relationships are not easy, and you can try be analytical and pick someone apart, like a puzzle, but when you fall in love, scientific reason takes a back seat and your whole world gets turned upside down, like a dog chasing its tail..

What I really love about this song is how it starts with just one instrument and gradually builds and adds extra instruments piano.. Piano plus bass, piano plus bass plus drums, piano, bass, drums, lead guitar And reaches a crescendo, and then gradually removes each instrument one at a time, to end up as it started.

Coming back as we are. For me I left home when he was Every year I wld drive back to see him I was a young mother from a disfunctional family I thought I did what was best for him at the time. I made choices I wld hv done differently today. Time passed but love remained. I missed it. They Said It can be related to any relationship..

Anything where you want to go back to before it all happened We take too many things for granted. We think things will stay the same.. He throws in some other stuff.. We should have been focusing on that relationship - no matter who that person was.. He's now on the other side of it - and looking back It's one of the saddest songs