Glass of Water
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Glass of Water Lyrics
Scared of losin' all the time
He wrote it in a letter
He was a friend of mine
He heard you could see your future
Inside a glass of water
The ripples and the lines
And he asked
"Will I see Heaven in mine?"
That is just the way it was
Nothin' could be better
And nothin' ever was
Oh, they say you can see your future
Inside a glass of water
The riddles and the rhymes
Will I see Heaven in mine?
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Son, don't ask
Neither half full nor empty
Is your glass
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life livin'
In the past
Goin' nowhere fast
So he wrote it on a wall
The hollowest of halos
Is no halo at all
Television sellin' plastic
Figurines of leaders
Sayin' nothin' at all
And you chime, stars in Heaven align
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Son, don't ask
Neither half full nor empty
Is your glass
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life livin'
In the past
Goin' nowhere fast
[Outro]
And what are we drinkin' when we're done?
Glasses of water
About
“Glass Of Water” is a song featured on Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March EP from 2008.
It was originally a song written during sessions for Coldplay’s fourth album, but didn’t make it onto the album’s final tracklisting. However, the song features heavily in the booklet of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends despite being cut from the album.
The title appears on the big painting in the booklet’s centrefold, above some of the song’s lyrics, and the very first page of the album is a map of Brazil with more lyrics from Glass Of Water scribbled over it in crayon. However, the song’s lyrics have drastically changed since the painting was made.
In the chorus, the song shifts into an unusual 7/4 time signature, making it one of the band’s most complex songs. In general many of them were written during the VLVODAOHF era.
Q&A
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- 3.Lost!
- 4.42
- 6.Yes
- 8.Viva La Vida
- 9.Violet Hill
- 10.Strawberry Swing
- 12.The Escapist
- 15.Glass of Water
- 16.Rainy Day
- 18.Lost+ (Remix)