Coldplay: Paradise Meaning

Song Released: 2011

Paradise Lyrics

Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.

When she was just a girl,
She expected the world,
But it flew away from her reach,
So she ran away in her sleep.

And dreamed of...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 27th 2011 !⃝

   The song to me is simply about a young girl going through some rough stuff and her only means of escape is sleep which brings her dreams of a paradise.
   
   The paradise she dreams about fills her with such hope that even when she awakens, she knows better times are ahead.
2. anonymous

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   Sep 20th 2011 !⃝

   I think this song has to do with Amy Winehouse ???? It's an answer to her " October song"..." Ava flies in paradise". As most of the song is in simple past tense, the girl they talk about might have passed away ("Away she flied.")Probably as most of british artits, they were hit by the sad news of her death and wanted to pay a tribute.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
3. anonymous

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   Sep 18th 2011 !⃝

   I think it's about a girl thats going through a rough time, and all she can do is dream for a better reality, Paradise.
4. anonymous

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   Sep 15th 2011 !⃝

   I think it is about suicide. the organ suggests a church setting, such as a funeral. "So she ran away in her sleep." enough said. And bullets catch in her teeth. suicide of a gun. but in the end she chooses not to.
   Still lying underneath the stormy skies.
   She said oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
   I know the sun's set to rise.
5. anonymous

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   Sep 14th 2011 !⃝

   I think it means that the when mother earth was still young it was a paradise and when humans came she expected better things from the human world but development of technology in the human world killed the natural paradise [the wheel breaks the butterfly symbolizing modernization and development of new technology killing nature] .
6. anonymous

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   Sep 12th 2011 !⃝

   This song is for all (probably non English speaking) human beings who didn't understand the lyrics in their previous songs. So, it was decided that the lyrics would be simplified.
   
   It talks about how life looks like a paradise ahead of you when you are a kid. When you grow up, reality strikes and you realize you are in the deepest crisis and chaos unsues.
   This song takes you down the memory lane to a time when all your anxiety and depression and trouble were behind you.
   It's also about dreaming great things but losing your reality.

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