Coldplay - Scientist

1. Complete the song with the words on the box

secrets – circles – set you apart – meet you – lovely – need – start

Come up to _____________________
Tell you I'm sorry Tell me your _________________
You don't know how __________________ you are And ask me your questions
I had to find you Oh let's go back to the ______________
Tell you I ______________ you Running in ________________; coming up tails
Tell you I _________________________ Heads on a silence apart

2. Choose the correct option to complete the chorus

Nobody said/stated it was easy

It's such a shame for us/you to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this easy/hard
Oh take me back to the start/finish

3. Match the words with the meanings and put the sentences in the correct order

1. to rush a) to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them.

2. to haunt b) an uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed.

3. to chase c) to try to answer a question or make a judgement about

something without having all the necessary facts, so

that you are not sure whether you are correct.

4. to guess d) to move very quickly.

5. a shame e) the verb used to indicate that the action of a spirit of a dead

person appears from time to time somewhere.

____ Questions of science; science and progress ____ Coming back as we are
____ I was just guessing at numbers and figures ____ Oh and I rush to the start
____ Do not speak as loud as my heart ____ Tell me you love me
____ Pulling your puzzles apart ____ Running in circles, chasing our tails
____ Come back and haunt me
 4. Discuss

a) What is the person in the song feeling sorry for?

b) What do the words ‘Let’s go back to the start’ mean? (Make sure you respect the context!)

d) In the song you can find the sentence: ‘Running in circles’. What does the idea of the circle mean in the song?

With that information in mind you should be able to explain the title of the song. Tick the right answer!

 someone who works or is trained in science.

 the scientist in all of us. We live, we learn: Through all our experiences in life we come to understand several
things and sometimes we regret the way we dealt with a particular situation in the past. (‘If I had known what I
know now I would have…)

 someone who studies and develops ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and reality, good and evil.

Which of the following texts is the best summary of the song? Make sure you can explain your choice!
Compare your choice to your neighbour’s choice. (This is a matter of interpretation!!)

 It’s about a boy and a girl who have just broken up. The person in the song is thinking about the relationship.
He learnt his lesson well and wants to start all over again.

 The song is about a relationship that has just ended because someone got killed. The surviving partner wants to
turn back the hands of time.

 It’s about a couple, they’ve just ended their relationship. The person in the song regrets the situation. He tries to
understand what went wrong. He wants to start all over again to do better this time. He knows he can do better
this time because he has learned a lot.