The Scientist
Crystal Rock Lyrics

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Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ah ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh

Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "The Scientist" by Crystal Rock convey the singer's desire to reconcile with someone they love. The opening lines, "Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry / You don't know how lovely you are" suggest that the singer has possibly done something wrong, but views the person they are addressing with great affection. The singer then goes on to say that they needed to find this person and declare their love for them.

The chorus of the song repeats the refrain that "nobody said it was easy" and that "no one ever said it would be this hard." This suggests that the singer is aware that their relationship is not perfect, but that they are still willing to fight for it. The song ends with the singer expressing a desire to go back to the beginning of their relationship, when everything was simpler and easier.

The lyrics of "The Scientist" are beautifully written and convey a sense of longing and regret. The song has a melancholy, introspective tone that makes it particularly poignant. Overall, the song is about the struggle to maintain a relationship and the willingness to persevere despite the difficulties.

Line by Line Meaning

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
I am approaching you to apologize

You don't know how lovely you are
You are not aware of how beautiful you truly are

I had to find you, tell you I need you
I had a deep-seated urge to locate you and express how much I require your presence

Tell you I set you apart
I want to inform you that you stand out among all others

Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Confide your personal thoughts to me and interrogate me about anything that comes to you

Oh, let's go back to the start
We should restart our relationship from the beginning

Running in circles, coming up tails
We are stuck in a cycle of repetition and unable to progress

Heads on a science apart
Although our minds are consumed by scientific theories, there is still distance between us

Nobody said it was easy
There was no indication that the path we have chosen would be straightforward

It's such a shame for us to part
It's unfortunate that we must separate from each other

No one ever said it would be this hard
No one warned us about the level of difficulty we would face

Oh, take me back to the start
Please take us both back to the beginning

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
I was only making conjectures and using statistical data

Pulling the puzzles apart
Attempting to solve enigmas by tearing them apart and investigating each component piece by piece

Questions of science, science and progress
Inquiries concerning scientific concepts and exploration for the sake of advancement

Do not speak as loud as my heart
None of these questions and theories are as significant as the emotions I feel for you

But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Express your love for me, and return to me even if it seems ghostly

Oh and I rush to the start
I yearn to begin anew again

Running in circles, chasing our tails
Trying to get ahead of the game, but never truly advancing

Coming back as we are
We are returning to where we started

Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
It's a pity that we must go our separate ways

I'm going back to the start
I am choosing to start over from square one

Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Vocalized instrumental

Ah ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Vocalized instrumental

Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Vocalized instrumental

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion

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