The Scientist

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The single cover features drummer Will Champion, art-directed by Sølve Sundsbø.

The song is a piano-driven ballad; Chris Martin opens the song and is joined by the rest of the band after the first chorus. Martin was inspired to write "The Scientist" after listening to George Harrison's "Isn't it a Pity" on the album All Things Must Pass.

The music video for "The Scientist" was very popular with its reverse narrative. A similar concept was previously used for Spike Jonze's music video for The Pharcyde's "Drop" and "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video for Amish Paradise. It took Chris Martin a month to learn the lyrics backwards.

The video was filmed at various locations including London and Surrey before the first leg of the A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour. It was directed by famed director Jamie Thraves, best known for his work on Radiohead's enigmatic "Just" video.

Irish actress Elaine Cassidy is also featured in the video.

In 2003, "The Scientist" won multiple MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video, Best Direction, and Breakthrough Video. It was also nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Music Video:Short Form.

To visit the 'The Scientist' discography page, click here

Lyrics:
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 silence apart

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said that 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
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 (x4)

Le scientifique

Je suis venu te rencontrer, te dire que je suis désolé
tu ne sais a quel point tu es adorable
il fallait que je te trouve, que je te dise que j'ai besoin de toi
te dire que je te place à part
confie moi tes secrets, et pose moi tes questions
oh revenons au départ
tourner en rond, essayant de me rattraper
les têtes sont une science à part

Personne n'a dit que c'était facile
oh c'est une honte de nous être séparés
personne n'a dit que c'était facile
personne n'a dit que ce serait si dur
oh ramène moi au début

Je ne faisais que deviner des chiffres et des figures
tirant les puzzles à part
les questions de science, de science et de progrès
ne parlent pas aussi fort que mon coeur
dis moi que tu m'aimes, reviens et hantes-moi
oh et je cours vers le départ
tourner en rond, essayant de me rattraper
revenant comme nous sommes

Personne n'a dit que c'était facile
oh c'est une honte de nous être séparés
personne n'a dit que c'était facile
personne n'a dit que ce serait si dur
je suis entrain de revenir au départ

oh ooh ooh ooh ooh oh (x4)

[Thanks Emilien88]