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PolitikColdplay

Released: August 26, 2002

Songwriter: Chris Martin Will Champion Jonny Buckland Guy Berryman

Producer: Will Champion Jonny Buckland Guy Berryman Chris Martin Ken Nelson

[Verse 1]
Look at earth from outer space, everyone must find their place
Give me time and give me space, give me real, don't give me fake
Give me strength, reserve, control, give me heart and give me soul
Give me time, give us a kiss, tell me your own politik

[Chorus]
Open up your eyes, open up your eyes
Open up your eyes, open up your eyes

[Verse 2]
Give me one, 'cause one is best, and in confusion, confidence
Give me peace of mind and trust, and don't forget the rest of us
Give me strength, reserve, control, give me heart and give me soul
Wounds that heal and cracks that fix, tell me your own politik

[Chorus]
Open up your eyes, open up your eyes
Open up your eyes, open up your eyes

[Post-Chorus]
Just open up your eyes...

[Bridge]
And give me love over
Love over, love over this
And give me love over
Love over, love over this

[Instrumental Outro]

Coldplay

Coldplay is a British rock band, formed in 1997 by University College London classmates Chris Martin (vocals, guitar, piano), Jonny Buckland (guitar) and Guy Berryman (bass), along with drummer Will Champion. The band’s name comes from Tim Crompton, a student who was in the same university as the members (University College London) at the time.

Once they issued their debut, Parachutes in 2000, many saw them as a Radiohead knock-off. No doubt, Coldplay’s sound —elegant, melodic, vaguely spacey and very dramatic — bore plenty of similarity to mid-1990s Radiohead. But the group’s hooks, sharpened by frontman Chris Martin’s ability to pull heartstrings, and the their willingness to evolve their sound, gave Coldplay staying power. The greatest examples are second album A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), which was generally considered to be musically and lyrically more mature and sophisticated, and less obviously the product of one particular influence, and the fourth one Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), where producer Brian Eno influenced the band to broaden their sound and led to various sonic landscapes. Both won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and spawned sucessful singles such as “Clocks”, “Viva la Vida”, “In My Place”, “Violet Hill” and “The Scientist”.

As a result, the band became one of the most commercially successful acts of the new millennium, with over 80 million albums sold – even if along with the acclaim came a vocal opposition, due to the supposedly derivative nature, the overtly emotional lyrics, and the fact they’re good-mannered English boys instead of wild rockstars. As a result, Coldplay are thought as either a punchline showing all that’s wrong with 21st century rock, or a really good if overplayed band with songs tailor made for stadium performances.

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