Official Paradise Lyrics. - Page 2

Wyrd · 03-10-2011, 01:55 PM

I have troubles with the first two lines. She expected the world .... what?
Did she expect the world to happen? to be great? to be known by her? She expected life to be the world? She got pregnant of the world? She expected the world to be good to her?

I don't get it :S

Alien Radio · 03-10-2011, 02:12 PM

^Lol, same

MosesTheMarshmallow · 03-10-2011, 06:24 PM

It's kind of idiomatic....to expect the world is to expect that great things will happen to you.

Wyrd · 04-10-2011, 08:24 AM

Ah okay! Thanks, I never heard of that idiom. Now it makes perfect sense.

Tryptophan · 09-10-2011, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5000333
It's kind of idiomatic....to expect the world is to expect that great things will happen to you.

That lyric is quite funny to me actually, I first heard the song when I came back from a camp where it was some kind of catch phrase/running gag to say "this person/game/song is the world" (but in our Flemish dialect, "de wèreld"), meaning "... is awesome".

Sinnoh · 08-11-2011, 10:06 PM

Can someone explain me what is exactly meant by " the bullets catch in her teeth"? I just can't figure out this expression.

Also "The wheel breaks the butterfly" is not so clear to me

Thks

SupermassiveCPnerd · 09-11-2011, 10:45 PM

Wow. Just love these lyrics. Must admit, Paradise wasn't exactly a fav when I first heard it, but it has grown on me SO much as of late, I cannot help but sing to it every time I hear it play. It's now a favorite. One reason I think it's come to mean so much to me is because when I really started listening to the lyrics, I could relate in a very special way, 'cause I can remember being a little kid, and always wanting something more in life, always waiting for something more in life, and it took me many years to realize that everything I'd ever wanted, everything I was "waiting for" was here all along. Some "grand tomorrow" is never gonna come, like I used to think it was. No, that grand tomorrow is never gonna come unless you find the "grandness" of TODAY. Thankfully, I did. I found true happiness. And so many of Coldplay's songs have been the soundtrack of my life, but that is what this song means to me.

Sorta corny I suppose, but just being honest.

James. · 09-11-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinnoh;5071991
Can someone explain me what is exactly meant by " the bullets catch in her teeth"? I just can't figure out this expression.

Also "The wheel breaks the butterfly" is not so clear to me

Thks

I think 'the wheel breaks the butterfly' is a sort of idiom:
Using a wheel to break a butterfly would be like over-doing something or exaggerating about something. Sort of like the phrase 'making a mountain out of a mole-hill' (or I guess like making a teardrop into a waterfall

) that's how I interpret it anyway.
Not sure about the 'bullets catch in her teeth' line though

Sinnoh · 10-11-2011, 07:52 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperFitz;5073266
I think 'the wheel breaks the butterfly' is a sort of idiom:
Using a wheel to break a butterfly would be like over-doing something or exaggerating about something. Sort of like the phrase 'making a mountain out of a mole-hill' (or I guess like making a teardrop into a waterfall ) that's how I interpret it anyway.
Not sure about the 'bullets catch in her teeth' line though

Thanks mate!

03-10-2011, 01:55 PM	#16
Wyrd Brent Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,521 My Mood: Location: Netherlands Gender: Country: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 153 Thanked 266 Times in 166 Posts	I have troubles with the first two lines. She expected the world .... what? Did she expect the world to happen? to be great? to be known by her? She expected life to be the world? She got pregnant of the world? She expected the world to be good to her? I don't get it :S __________________ ... I might be wrong.

03-10-2011, 06:24 PM	#18
MosesTheMarshmallow Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 721 My Mood: Location: Strawberry Swings Forever Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	It's kind of idiomatic....to expect the world is to expect that great things will happen to you. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by kover;4892162 y=mx+b

04-10-2011, 08:24 AM	#19
Wyrd Brent Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,521 My Mood: Location: Netherlands Gender: Country: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 153 Thanked 266 Times in 166 Posts	Ah okay! Thanks, I never heard of that idiom. Now it makes perfect sense. __________________ ... I might be wrong.

09-10-2011, 07:46 PM	#20
Tryptophan Watch the orange glow Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 867 Location: Inside a bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	Quote: Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5000333 It's kind of idiomatic....to expect the world is to expect that great things will happen to you. That lyric is quite funny to me actually, I first heard the song when I came back from a camp where it was some kind of catch phrase/running gag to say "this person/game/song is the world" (but in our Flemish dialect, "de wèreld"), meaning "... is awesome". __________________ "I'm always trying to work out what 'He' or 'She' is. I don't know if it's Allah or Jesus or Mohammed or Zeus. But I'd go for Zeus" - Chris Martin Jonnyboy Buckland is a fucking legend. Proud keeper of: Shiver (Live at Rock Werchter 2011) "I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war, if you could tell me something worth fighting for" "Give me real don't give me fake" Jonny's epic intro of Spies in the live versions in 2001/2002 Some other stuff

08-11-2011, 10:06 PM	#21
Sinnoh Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Up with the birds Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can someone explain me what is exactly meant by " the bullets catch in her teeth"? I just can't figure out this expression. Also "The wheel breaks the butterfly" is not so clear to me Thks __________________ Oh you, use your heart as a weapon And it hurts like heaven...

03-10-2011, 02:12 PM	#17
Alien Radio Fran Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 10,063 My Mood: Location: Hinnom, TX Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 618 Thanked 437 Times in 303 Posts	^Lol, same

09-11-2011, 10:45 PM	#22
SupermassiveCPnerd Lost In My Mind's Asylum Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 748 My Mood: Location: Roaming around somewhere in Cydonia... Gender: Country: Seen CP: 1 times Fav. CP album: AROBTTH Fav. CP song: I love ALL of them! <3 Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 98 Thanked 43 Times in 40 Posts	Wow. Just love these lyrics. Must admit, Paradise wasn't exactly a fav when I first heard it, but it has grown on me SO much as of late, I cannot help but sing to it every time I hear it play. It's now a favorite. One reason I think it's come to mean so much to me is because when I really started listening to the lyrics, I could relate in a very special way, 'cause I can remember being a little kid, and always wanting something more in life, always waiting for something more in life, and it took me many years to realize that everything I'd ever wanted, everything I was "waiting for" was here all along. Some "grand tomorrow" is never gonna come, like I used to think it was. No, that grand tomorrow is never gonna come unless you find the "grandness" of TODAY. Thankfully, I did. I found true happiness. And so many of Coldplay's songs have been the soundtrack of my life, but that is what this song means to me. Sorta corny I suppose, but just being honest.

09-11-2011, 11:11 PM	#23
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10-11-2011, 07:52 PM	#24
Sinnoh Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Up with the birds Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by SuperFitz;5073266 I think 'the wheel breaks the butterfly' is a sort of idiom: Using a wheel to break a butterfly would be like over-doing something or exaggerating about something. Sort of like the phrase 'making a mountain out of a mole-hill' (or I guess like making a teardrop into a waterfall ) that's how I interpret it anyway. Not sure about the 'bullets catch in her teeth' line though Thanks mate! __________________ Oh you, use your heart as a weapon And it hurts like heaven...