A música The Scientist do Coldplay foi escrita após o vocalista Chris Martin ter se inspirado a escrever uma canção simples na escala de Sol maior, seguindo o exemplo do hit de George Harrison, Isnt It a Pity. Durante o processo de composição, Martin queria uma música que fosse direta, que fosse sem conjecturas. A música descreve o desejo de reparar uma relação que deu errado.
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Introdução:
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Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
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You don't know how lovely you are
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I had to find you, tell you I need you,
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Tell you I’ll set you apart
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Tell me your secrets, and’ask me your questions
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Oh, let’s go back to the start
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Running in circles, coming up tails,
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Heads on a science apart
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Nobody said it was easy
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It's such a shame for us to part
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Nobody said it was easy
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No one ever said it would be this hard. N.C.
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I was just guessing at numbers and figures
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Pulling the puzzles apart
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Questions of science, science and progress
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Do not speak as loud as my heart
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Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
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Oh, and I rush to the start
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Running in circles, chasing our tails D2/C# Coming back as we are