Speed of Sound Lyrics

With Coldplay tickets, you can sing along to Coldplay lyrics for “Speed of Sound” from Coldplay’s 2005 X&Y album.

Speed of Sound Song Lyrics:
How long before I get in?
Before it starts, before I begin
How long before you decide?
Before I know what it feels like

Where to? Where do I go?
If you’ve never tried then you’ll never know
How long do I have to climb
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?

Look up, I look up at the night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize

How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand?
I’ll stop before I can stop
Or before I see things the right way up

All that noise and all that sound
All those places I got found

And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you’d understand

Ideas that you’ll never find
Or the inventors could never design
The buildings that you put up
Or Japan and China, all lit up

The sign that I couldn’t read
Or a light that I couldn’t see
Some things you have to believe
But others are puzzles, puzzling me

All those noises and all that sound
All those places I got found

And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you’d understand
Oh, when you see it then you’ll understand.

Speed of Sound: Background
Coldplay lyrics to the song “Speed of Sound” were written by Coldplay band members Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. “Speed of Sound” was the first single to be released off of Coldplay’s 2005 X&Y album. Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin stated that “Speed of Sound” was heavily inspired by the music of British singer-songwriter Kate Bush as well as Chris Martin’s own newborn daughter, Apple, born May 14, 2004.

Speed of Sound: Success
The Coldplay song “Speed of Sound” debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 7, 2005, and spent 15 weeks in the Top 25. Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound” rose to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart on July 2, 2005, and stayed in the Top 10 for 16 weeks. At the  2006 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards, Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound” won Song of the Year. Also in 2006, “Speed of Sound” earned Coldplay a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song.

Speed of Sound: On Tour
Fans with Coldplay tickets heard “Speed of Sound” performed each night on Coldplay’s Twisted Logic Tour in 2005. Coldplay’s Twisted Logic Tour treated fans with Coldplay tickets to an unforgettable aural and visual stage show filled with strobe lights, lasers and large panoramic video screens. With Coldplay tickets to the Twisted Logic Tour, fans not only heard “Speed of Sound” but other Coldplay hits including “Yellow” and “Fix You.” The year-long Twisted Logic Tour was a smash hit, selling over $24 million worth of Coldplay tickets!

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