1. Analysis of the lyrics of 42 by Coldplay.
The first line is intriguing as he
takes a fact and manipulates
it into something imaginative. This line is meaningful as
someone who he is
This line makes me think of missing is living in his mind.
‘spell’ meaning a girls charm,
and that he fell for a girls love. Those who are dead are not dead
This line means that he is in a
They’re just living in my head
dream/imaginary world with
And since I fell for that spell
the person he is missing.
I am living there as well
This line is a hint to that the person
Oh..
who he is missing is now dead. This means that there must be
Time is so short and I’m sure something for us after death
The repetition of the first 2 which he is intrigued to know.
There must be something more
verses straight after each
other means that he is
Those who are dead are not dead This line makes out that the
continuously thinking about
They’re just living in my head oh singer in his mind has heard
that missing person and is
And since I fell for that spell the girl say that she might
telling us that he keeps
I am living there as well oh be a ghost. The repetition of
thinking of her and he wants
this line exaggerates his
to know more about what
Time is so short and I’m sure happiness about her still
happens after death but he
There must be something more being with him but in spirit.
knows that she is still with him
in spirit.
You thought you might be a ghost
You thought you might be a ghost The repetition
This line emphasizes You didn’t get to heaven but you made it close of this verse
that she is stuck in You didn’t get to heaven but you made it close emphasizes
limbo as a ghost but that she is living
he thinks that she You thought you might be a ghost as a ghost and
was a really good You thought you might be a ghost her rarely bad
girl who should of You didn’t get to heaven but you made it close nature.
gone to heaven but You didn’t get to heaven but you oh-oh-ooh, oh-oh-ooh
maybe has done Oh oh The repetition of
something bad to this verse makes
just missing out on Those who are dead are not dead sure the audience
getting in to They’re just living in my head knows that she is
heaven, possibly Oh.. dead but he is
their love. always thinking of
her and is trying to
forget about her
death.