Up in Flames Lyrics

[Verse 1]
So it's over
This time, I know it's gone
Saltwater
Tasted it too long
I only know I'm wrong
Now I know it's gone

[Hook]
Up in flames
Up in flames
Up in flames
We have slowly gone

[Verse 2]
So it's over
This time, you're flying on

This time, I know no song
Can't stop its lonely burn
Can't stop it slowly going

[Hook]
Up in flames
Up in flames
Up in flames
We have slowly gone
[Hook]
Up in flames
Up in flames
Up in flames
We have slowly gone
Oh, we have slowly gone

[Outro]
Can we pour some water on?

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Genius Annotation

Remember M.M.I.X, when I talked about the “horros of the government”? Up In Flames, the tenth song on Mylo Xyloto, is remorseful and violent in some ways. A hip-hop drum machine and a piano, as well as Chris Martin’s beautiful singing, are all that’s there in the song, as we head to conclusions.

Lyrically, it talks about the ending of a relationship, and how it has (figuratively) burned up––gone up in flames. In this case, Mylo and Fly’s relationship has ended, due to betrayal by him being a Silencer in Silencia, and everyone is captured.

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What did Coldplay say about "Up in Flames"?
Genius Answer

According to Songfacts, Martin explained to Music Week:

We wrote that about four weeks ago and then we recorded it in five countries in seven days. That was fun. That was when we knew we could finish the record because Will (Champion, drums)—who’s the hardest to please of the band—when he heard that he said, ‘Okay, we can finish now’ because I think he liked the space on it.

Credits
Bass Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
The Bakery and The Beehive, London
Release Date
October 19, 2011
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