The Scientist

    Coldplay

    Come up to meet you

    Tell you I’m sorry

    You don’t know how lovely you are

    I had to find you

    Tell you I need you

    Tell you I set you apart

    Tell me your secrets

    And ask me your questions

    Oh let’s go back to the start

    Running in circles; coming up tails

    Heads on a science apart

    Nobody said it was easy

    It’s such a shame for us to part

    Nobody said it was easy

    No one ever said it would be this hard

    Oh take me back to the start

    I was just guessing at numbers and figures

    Pulling your puzzles apart

    Questions of science; science and progress

    Do not speak as loud as my heart

    Tell me you love me

    Come back and haunt me

    Oh and I rush to the start

    Running in circles, chasing our tails

    Coming back as we are

    Nobody said it was easy

    Oh it’s such a shame for us to part

    Nobody said it was easy

    No one ever said it would be so hard

    I’m going back to the start

    Oh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

    Background

    “The Scientist” is the second single from British alternative rock band Coldplay’s second studio album, “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (2002). Vocalist Chris Martin wrote this lovely piano ballad after listening to George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass.” Martin said, “That’s just about girls. It’s weird that whatever else is on your mind, whether it’s the downfall of global economy or terrible environmental troubles, the thing that always gets you most is when you fancy someone.”