Oh brother, I can't, I can't get through
I've been tryin' hard to reach you 'cause I don't know what to do
Oh brother, I can't believe it's true
I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
Oh, I wanna talk to you
[Chorus]
You could take a picture of somethin' you see
In the future, where will I be?
You could climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody had sung
Or do somethin' that's never been done
[Verse 2]
Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missin' piece?
Tell me how you feel
Well, I feel like they're talkin' in a language I don't speak
And they're talkin' it to me
[Chorus]
So you take a picture of somethin' you see
In the future, where will I be?
You could climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody had sung
Or do somethin' that's never been done
Do somethin' that's never been done
[Outro]
So, you don't know where you're goin' and you wanna talk
And you feel like you're goin' where you've been before
You'll tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
And nothin's really makin' any sense at all
Let's talk, let's talk
Let's talk, let's talk (U-uh)
About
“Talk” is the third single from Coldplay’s third album, X&Y. It features lyrics about feeling insecure and how conversation could fix it, and a recurring melodic hook directly inspired by the synth motif prevalent in Kraftwerk’s “Computer Love”.
Commercially, it was a success, reaching number one in Poland and the Netherlands and the top ten in Spain and UK. In the US, it hit the top ten of Alternative and Adult Pop Songs, and topped the Hot Dance Club songs.
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According to Songfacts, Martin told NME :
What happened with “Talk“ is that it was all going great, and then someone said ‘That should be the first single,’ and we all just freaked out and scrapped it all. I hate choosing singles, it’s so hard. (But) when we heard it mixed properly, it sounded mega.
- 1.Square One
- 2.What If
- 4.Fix You
- 5.Talk
- 6.X&Y
- 8.A Message
- 9.Low
- 10.The Hardest Part
- 12.Twisted Logic