coldplay worksheet

1. Coldplay - Scientist
1. Complete the song with the words on the box
Come up to _____________________
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how __________________ you are
I had to find you
Tell you I ______________ you
Tell you I _________________________
Tell me your _________________
And ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the ______________
Running in ________________; coming up tails
Heads on a silence apart
2. Choose the correct option to complete the chorus
Nobody said/stated it was easy
It's such a shame for us/you to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this easy/hard
Oh take me back to the start/finish
3. Match the words with the meanings and put the sentences in the correct order
1. to rush a) to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them.
2. to haunt b) an uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed.
3. to chase c) to try to answer a question or make a judgement about
something without having all the necessary facts, so
that you are not sure whether you are correct.
4. to guess d) to move very quickly.
5. a shame e) the verb used to indicate that the action of a spirit of a dead
person appears from time to time somewhere.
____ Questions of science; science and progress
____ I was just guessing at numbers and figures
____ Do not speak as loud as my heart
____ Pulling your puzzles apart
____ Coming back as we are
____ Oh and I rush to the start
____ Tell me you love me
____ Running in circles, chasing our tails
____ Come back and haunt me
secrets – circles – set you apart – meet you – lovely – need – start

2. 4. Discuss
a) What is the person in the song feeling sorry for?
b) What do the words ‘Let’s go back to the start’ mean? (Make sure you respect the context!)
d) In the song you can find the sentence: ‘Running in circles’. What does the idea of the circle mean in the song?
With that information in mind you should be able to explain the title of the song. Tick the right answer!
 someone who works or is trained in science.
 the scientist in all of us. We live, we learn: Through all our experiences in life we come to understand several
things and sometimes we regret the way we dealt with a particular situation in the past. (‘If I had known what I
know now I would have…)
 someone who studies and develops ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and reality, good and evil.
Which of the following texts is the best summary of the song? Make sure you can explain your choice!
Compare your choice to your neighbour’s choice. (This is a matter of interpretation!!)
 It’s about a boy and a girl who have just broken up. The person in the song is thinking about the relationship.
He learnt his lesson well and wants to start all over again.
 The song is about a relationship that has just ended because someone got killed. The surviving partner wants to
turn back the hands of time.
 It’s about a couple, they’ve just ended their relationship. The person in the song regrets the situation. He tries to
understand what went wrong. He wants to start all over again to do better this time. He knows he can do better
this time because he has learned a lot.