EVERGLOW
Coldplay/Gwyneth Paltrow Lyrics
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See people go
This particular timing is extra special
I know you might be gone
And the world may not know
Still, I see you celestial
Like a lion you ran
Like an eagle, you circle
Perfect of all
So how come things move on?
How come cars don't slow?
When it feels like the end of the world
When I should but I can't let you go
But when I'm cold, cold
When I'm cold, cold
There's a light that you give me
When I'm in shadows
There's a feeling of ever, everglow
We're brothers in that
The sisters you write
When we stroll on like that
Be friends 'til we die
With the changing of winds
And the way waters flow
Life is shortest in fall, in the snow
I know I'm going to miss you, I know
But when I'm cold, cold
Yeah, all alone, the sun
And I know that you're with me
And the way you will show, when you're with me wherever I go
But you give me this feeling, it's everglow
What I wouldn't give for this moment to hold
Yeah, I live for this feeling, it's everglow
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Oh, the light that you gave me will everglow
The lyrics of Coldplay’s song Everglow are a poignant reflection on the memories we hold of those we have lost. The song is about moving on from that person and the struggles that come with that process, but also about cherishing and holding onto the memories of that person. Throughout the song, there is a sense of longing for the person who is no longer there, yet also an appreciation for the light and everglow that they brought to our lives.
The opening lyrics of the song create an image of the transient nature of people in our lives. People come and go, but sometimes we meet someone who is “extra special”. The singer acknowledges that this person might be gone, and the world may not know, but he still sees them as celestial. This idea of someone being celestial emphasizes their importance and significance in the singer’s life.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the connection between the singer and the person he has lost. He talks about the light that the person gave him, which he can still feel when he’s in the shadows. This light is the everglow, which is a symbol of the eternal bond between the two.
In the second verse, the singer talks about the connections between people; how they can be brothers and sisters, and friends forever. The changing of winds and the flow of water are metaphors for how life changes, and people come and go. He acknowledges that life can be short like fall, and snow, and that he will miss the person he has lost.
Overall, the lyrics of Everglow are a heartfelt reflection on the memories and connections between people, and the everglow that exists when that person is gone. It’s a beautiful reminder of the importance of cherishing the people we love and letting them know how much they mean to us.
Line by Line Meaning
We see people coming
We observe individuals arriving
See people go
We witness persons departing
This particular timing is extra special
This moment is especially significant
I know you might be gone
I am aware that you may have left
And the world may not know
The world may not be aware
Still, I see you celestial
However, I perceive you as heavenly
Like a lion, you ran
You ran like a lion
Goddess, he wrote
He wrote about you like a goddess
Like an eagle, you circle
You circle like an eagle
Perfect of all
You were perfect above all else
So how come things move on?
Why do things continue to progress?
How come cars don't slow?
Why don't vehicles slow down?
When it feels like the end of the world
Even when it seems like the apocalypse
When I should but I can't let you go
When I know I should release you, but I can't
But when I'm cold, cold
However, when I'm feeling cold
There's a light that you give me
You bestow upon me a light
When I'm in shadows
During times when I'm in the dark
There's a feeling of ever, everglow
I experience an everlasting glow
We're brothers in that
We are united in this way
The sisters you write
The women you write about
When we stroll on like that
As we walk together like that
Be friends 'til we die
Let's remain friends until we pass away
With the changing of winds
As the wind patterns change
And the way waters flow
And the way the water currents move
Life is shortest in fall, in the snow
Life is too brief during fall and snow
I know I'm going to miss you, I know
I know I will miss you
But when I'm cold, cold
However, when I'm feeling cold
Yeah, all alone, the sun
Yeah, alone in the sunshine
And I know that you're with me
And I know you are with me
And the way you will show, when you're with me wherever I go
And how you will demonstrate your presence with me wherever I go
But you give me this feeling, it's everglow
But you provide me with this ever-glowing emotion
What I wouldn't give for this moment to hold
I would do anything to keep this moment
Yeah, I live for this feeling, it's everglow
Yeah, I survive for this feeling, this ever-glowing perception
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Therefore, if you love someone, you should tell them
Oh, the light that you gave me will everglow
The light you gifted me will continue to glow eternally
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Johnny Buckland, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Will Champion
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@juliogomez9684
Coldplay - Everglow (Lyrics)
Oh, they say people come, say people go
This particular diamond was extra special
And though you might be gone, and the world may not know
Still I see you, celestial
And I should, but I can’t let you go
But when I’m cold, cold
When I’m cold, cold
There’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow
There’s a feeling within me, everglow
Like brothers in blood, sisters who ride
Ye' we swore on that night we’d be friends 'til we die
But the changing of winds, and the way waters flow
Life is short as the falling of snow
And now, I’m gonna miss you, I know
But when I’m cold, cold
In water rolled, salt
And I know you’re always with me and the way you will show
And you’re with me wherever I go
And you give me this feeling, this everglow
Oh, what I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold
Yeah, I live for this feeling, this everglow
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Oh, the light that you left me will everglow
[Spoken-Word Outro: Muhammad Ali:]
God is watching me
God don't praise me because I beat Joe Frazier
God don't give nothing about Joe Frazier
God don't care nothing about England or America as far as real wealth… it's all His
He wants to know how do we treat each other?
How do we help each other?
So, I'm going to dedicate my life to using my name and popularity to helping charities, helping people, uniting people
People bombing each other because of religious beliefs
We need somebody in the world to help us all make peace
So when I die – if there's a heaven – I'm gonna see it
@gerardoolivo1711
Well, they say people come
The say people go
This particular diamond was extra special
And though you might be gone, and the world may not know
Still I see you, celestial
And I should but I can't let you go
But when I'm cold, I'm cold
Yeah, when I'm cold
Cold
There's a light that you give me when I'm in shadow
There's a feeling within me, an everglow
Like brothers in blood, or sisters who ride
Yeah we swore on that night we'd be friends 'til we die
But the changing of winds, and the way waters flow
Life is short as the falling of snow
And I'm gonna miss you, I know
But when I'm cold, cold
In water rolled, salt
And I know that you're with me and the way you will show
And you're with me wherever I go
And you give me this feeling, this everglow
What I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold
Because, I live for this feeling, this everglow
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Oh, the light that you gave me will everglow
@jacquelinecervantes4703
Everglow
Coldplay
Well, they say people come
The say people go
This particular diamond was extra special
And though you might be gone, and the world may not know
Still I see you, celestial
And I should but I can't let you go
But when I'm cold, I'm cold
Yeah, when I'm cold
Cold
There’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow
There’s a feeling within me, an everglow
Like brothers in blood, or sisters who ride
Yeah we swore on that night we’d be friends 'til we die
But the changing of winds, and the way waters flow
Life is short as the falling of snow
And I’m gonna miss you, I know
But when I’m cold, cold
In water rolled, salt
And I know that you’re with me and the way you will show
And you’re with me wherever I go
And you give me this feeling, this everglow
What I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold
Because, I live for this feeling, this everglow
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Oh, the light that you left me will everglow
@melgusc.6566
It´s a great tribute for Muhammad Ali. Beautiful spech: "God is watching me
God don't praise me because I beat Joe Frazier
God don't give nothing about Joe Frazier
God don't care nothing about England or America as far as real wealth… it's all His.
He wants to know how do we treat each other?
How do we help each other?
So, I'm going to dedicate my life to using my name and popularity to helping charities, helping people, uniting people
People bombing each other because of religious beliefs.
We need somebody in the world to help us all make peace.
So when I die – if there's a heaven – I'm gonna see it"
@ri.z869
I really, really didn't expect at all to cry as much as I'm crying right now. I'm litterally sobbing.
I felt tears coming when i was just watching him play, because for the first time in so long, Chris made me feel again what it was like to fall in love in the wide sense, fall in love with the entire human race, with the human nature. Just because he was here, playing, dodling his head. I don't know how to explain why it made me so emotional to watch him. I mean, i've seen him play in videos dozens of times, and I never cried like this. Maybe the feeling that (even if he's way older than me) he grew up so much since Coldplay was born, in every sense of the term, yet here it was like i was seeing him at his beginning, with this look of sheer absorbtion on his face, the way he's lost into the music. Love is radiating out of this man. Love and some sort of purity i can't put words on.
Then, the lyrics, of course. So deep, and powerful. Carrying a beautiful and important message. It makes me feel like every single soul to walk the Earth is important and needed (please, who ever you are who's reading this, you're important. We need you here. And i love you).
On a more personnal note, when he said "so if you love someone/you should let them know" made me burst into tears even more because the man i love is far, far away, I'll probably never see him again and I never told him about how I feel. Never. I couldn't.
And, finally, the images of the great Mohammed Ali, may his soul rest in peace in God's heaven. I'm muslim, like he was. So when he said that he wants to see what Heaven is like, it made me laugh and cry even more at the same time. Because i know he's there. There in heaven. And it makes me so peaceful.
Long story short, there was a whole lot of tears ^^ Chris, thank you. Thank you so much for everything you're doing, for the beautiful light you're spreading on this planet. I love you. I couldn't love you more than i do tonight. Thank you.
(And thank you to anyone who read that longass comment until the end ^^ I love you too. Please take care and carry on with your beautiful soul.)
Love.
@Maya-tv9en
Everglow
oh they say people come, say people go
this particular diamond was extra special
and though you might be gone, and the world may not know
still I see you, celestial
when I should but I can’t let you go?
but when I’m cold, cold
oh when I’m cold, cold
there’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow
there’s a feeling you give me, an everglow
like brothers in blood, sisters who ride
and we swore on that night we’d be friends til we die
but the changing of winds, and the way waters flow
life as short as the falling of snow
and now I’m gonna miss you I know
but when I’m cold, cold
in water rolled, salt
I know you’re always with me and the way you will show
and you’re with me wherever I go
and you give me this feeling this everglow
what I wouldn’t give for just a moment to hold
'Cause I live for this feeling this everglow
so if you love someone, you should let them know
oh the light that you gift me will everglow
@lulara7383
Well, they say people come, they say people go
This particular diamond is extra special
And though you might be gone
And the world may not know
Still I see you're celestial
Like a lion you ran
Like a goddess you rode
Like an eagle you circle in perfect purple
So how come things move on?
How come cars don't slow
When it feels like the end of my world?
Well, I should but I can't let you go
But when I'm cold, cold
Yeah, when I'm cold, cold
There's a light that you give me
When I'm in shadow
It's a feeling within me
Everglow
My brothers in blood
My sisters you're right
Yeah, we swore on that night
We'd be friends till we die
But the changing of winds
And the way waters flow...
Life is short as the falling of snow
And oh, I'm going to miss you, I know
But when I'm cold, cold
And you're all the sun
And light is with me
And the way you will show
And you're with me wherever I go
Because you give me this feeling
This everglow
Oh, what I'd give for just a moment of hope
Yeah, I live for this feeling
This everglow
So if you love someone
You should let them know
Oh, the light that you give me will ever glow
@irmaalindakusnandi9821
oh they say people come, say people go
this particular diamond was extra special
and though you might be gone, and the world may not know
still I see you, celestial
like a lion you ran, a goddess you rolled
like an eagle you circled, in perfect purple
so how come things move on, how come cars don’t slow
when it feels like the end of my world
when I should but I can’t let you go?
but when I’m cold, cold
oh when I’m cold, cold
there’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow
there’s a feeling you give me, an everglow
like brothers in blood, sisters who ride
and we swore on that night we’d be friends til we die
but the changing of winds, and the way waters flow
life as short as the falling of snow
and now I’m gonna miss you I know
but when I’m cold, cold
in water rolled, salt
I know that you’re with me and the way you will show
and you’re with me wherever I go
and you give me this feeling this everglow
oh- I I I I
what I wouldn’t give for just a moment to hold
yeah I live for this feeling this everglow
so if you love someone, you should let them know
oh the light that you left me will everglow
@fahmicrisis
IN CASE YOU wanna sing with him, i sure do
Oh they say people come
They say people go
This particular diamond was extra special
And though you might be gone
And the world may not know
Still I see you celestial
Like a lion you ran
A goddess you rolled
Like an eagle you circled
In perfect purple
So how come things move on
How come cars don't slow
When it feels like the end of my world?
When I should but I can't let you go?
But when I'm cold, cold
When I'm cold, cold
There's a light that you give me
When I'm in shadow
There's a feeling within me, an everglow
Like brothers in blood
Sisters who ride
Yeah, we swore on that night
We'd be friends 'til we died
But the changing of winds
And the way waters flow
Life as short as the falling of snow
And now I'm gonna miss you, I know
But when I'm cold, cold
In water rolled, salt
And I know that you're with me
And the way you will show
And you're with me wherever I go
'Cause you give me this feeling, this everglow
What I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold
Yeah, I live for this feeling, this everglow
So if you love someone, you should let them know
Oh, the light that you left me will everglow
@SqueeaakRs
When you're sad, listen to Coldplay.
When you're happy, listen to Coldplay.
They make me love life.
@abhishekdeshmukh4093
toricorn Exactly! Mutual feelings.
@shubhamperiwal9378
toricorn you're*
@salaheddinetiar
+Shubham Periwal I was about to modify the comment when I realised it's not mine lol
@shubhamperiwal9378
Tiar Salah Eddine lok
@shubhamperiwal9378
lol*
@spicyladyhunter
Coldplay makes music that touches your soul and spirit it's so unique
@jolienvandermaas9314
So true...
@pika2770
I like your profile picture
@jetisnotthereyet
Literally me rn