White Shadows

By Coldplay

On X&Y

Released on June 6, 2005

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[Verse 1]

When I was a young boy, I tried to listen

And I wanna feel like that

Little white shadows, blink and miss them

Part of a system, I am


[Verse 2]

If you ever feel like something's missing

Things you'll never understand

Little white shadows sparkle and glisten

Part of a system, a plan


[Pre-Chorus]

All this noise, I'm waking up

All this space I'm taking up

All this sound is breaking up

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


[Chorus]

Maybe you'll get what you wanted

Maybe you'll stumble upon it

Everything you ever wanted

In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it

Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it

And when you find it, you'll keep it

In a permanent state, a permanent state


[Verse 3]

When I was a young boy, I tried to listen

Don't you wanna feel like that?

You're part of the human race, all of the stars and the outer space

A part of the system, a plan


[Pre-Chorus]

All this noise, I'm waking up

All this space I'm taking up

I cannot hear, you're breaking up

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


[Chorus]

Maybe you'll get what you wanted

Maybe you'll stumble upon it

Everything you ever wanted

In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it

Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it

And when you find it, you'll keep it

In a permanent state, a permanent state


[Outro]

Swimming on a sea of faces, tide of the human races

Oh, an answer now is what I need…

I see it in a new sun rising, see it break on your horizon

Oh, come on love, stay with me…