Square One Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go?
You're in control, is there anything you wanna know?
The future's for discovering
The space in which we're travelling
[Chorus]
From the top of the first page
To the end of the last day
From the start in your own way
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
[Verse 2]
Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back
Woah, woah
[Chorus]
The first line of the first page
To the end of the last place you were looking
From the start in your own way
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go?
You're in control, is there anything you wanna know?
The future's for discovering
The space in which we're travelling
[Chorus]
From the top of the first page
To the end of the last day
From the start in your own way
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
[Verse 2]
Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back
Woah, woah
[Chorus]
The first line of the first page
To the end of the last place you were looking
From the start in your own way
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
[Bridge]
Ooh
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
[Outro]
Is there anybody out there who
Is lost and hurt and lonely too?
Are they bleeding all your colours into one?
And if you come undone as if you'd been run through
Some catapult, it fired you
You wonder if your chance'll ever come
Well, if you're stuck in square one
Ooh
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
You just want…somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
[Outro]
Is there anybody out there who
Is lost and hurt and lonely too?
Are they bleeding all your colours into one?
And if you come undone as if you'd been run through
Some catapult, it fired you
You wonder if your chance'll ever come
Well, if you're stuck in square one
About
Genius Annotation
“Square One” is the first track of Coldplay’s third album, X&Y (2005). During this song, Chris talks about the challenges that we face during our lives and what we are searching throughout this course.
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What did Coldplay say about "Square One"?
Genius Answer
Chris Martin, speaking in 2005:
The song “Square One”, Jon [Buckland, guitarist] and Will [Champion, drummer] were just messing around one day, and it just sort of turned into this song, and as soon it arrived it was like, “okay, that’s gotta be the opening song”. As soon as the song “Square One” existed it was always going to open the album because you can’t have a song called “Square One” and put it at track 7.
- 1.Square One
- 2.What If
- 4.Fix You
- 5.Talk
- 6.X&Y
- 8.A Message
- 9.Low
- 10.The Hardest Part
- 12.Twisted Logic
Credits
Producers
Writers
Percussion
Drums
Bass Guitar
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
AIR Studios (London, England), Parr Street (Liverpool, England), CRC (Chicago, Illinois), Sarm West Studios (London, England), Townhouse Studios (London, England) and The Hit Factory (New York)
Release Date
June 6, 2005
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