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Listen to the song Enjoy listening to the music using the video below. Make a mental note of any interesting words or parts, but don't worry if you can't understand yet. No video? Watch on YouTube. |
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Play the explanation Grab a hot drink and relax. I'll explain each line of the song for you. Use the explanations to understand the song lyrics, but don't worry about knowing every word that I use to explain. For an extra challenge listen without the transcript. |
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INTRO:
Hello to everybody out there. Welcome to Explained in English. My name is Ki and today I'm explaining the song The Scientist by Coldplay.
Coldplay is one of those groups that's just really perfect for learning English. The voice is clear and easy to understand, the music is nice to listen to, and the lyrics are usually very relatable. That's definitely the case with this song, The Scientist. The Scientist is a love song, but it's not your classic, mushy, sentimental, *kissy noise*, “I love you, love you”, kind of love song. Instead, it's about a couple that keeps breaking up and getting back together; ending the relationship and starting it again. And they keep going round and round in this circle, in this cycle of being together and then not being together.
But why is it called The Scientist? When I think of a scientist, I think of someone who is doing experiments. They're testing things out and looking for results, and a scientist is very data-driven. They're supposed to be carefully tracking results and using reason or being very rational about their conclusions. We’ll come back to this idea later in the song. Let's return to our couple. These two people are not together. They're not in a relationship but it's going to start again. The first verse begins with the line:
LYRICS:
[Verse 1] |
[Chorus] |
[Verse 2] |
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