Lyrics Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall by Coldplay was initially inspired by the 1976 single I Go to Rio by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson. Chris Martin was inspired after hearing the beat of the song at a festival, leading him to write Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall. Its a track that celebrates the power of music to turn despondency into hope and joy. 

I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight


I turn the music up, I got my records on
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Don't want to see another generation drop
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart

And we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it's alright
As we soar wa----lls, every siren is a symphony
And every tear's a waterfall

Is a waterfall
Oh
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
Is a is a waterfall

So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag

It was a wa wa wa wa wa-a-terfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear
Every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall

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