Lyrics Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights by Coldplay was released in 2010 as a Christmas single. The song discusses feelings of loneliness and longing during the Christmas season but ends on a hopeful note. The inspiration for Christmas Lights came from the band members personal feelings around the festive period, reflecting on both the struggles and magic of Christmas.

Christmas night, another fight
Tears, we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Of poison in my blood
I took my feet to Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away, those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone

When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

A group of candles on air flicker
Oh, they flicker and they float
But I'm up here holding on
To all those chandeliers of hope
Like some drunken Elvis singing
I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you darling
And I always will

Oh when you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Still waiting for the snow to fall
It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

Time signature change (Rallentando)

Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh, Christmas lights, keep shining on
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Maybe they'll bring her back to me
Then all my troubles will be gone
Oh, Christmas lights, keep shining on

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Oh, Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh, Christmas lights, keep shining on