Story Telling: “Paradise”

I chose the song Paradise by Coldplay. It is about a girl who starts out life with great expectations of the world. Unfortunately, she is unable to fulfill those expectations, so decides to dream instead. She grows up, always thinking about how great Paradise would be. Finally at the end of the song, she realizes and acknowledges how Paradise is out of reach for now. She knows that she will never get there.

Lyrics-

When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she’ll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she’d fly

And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She’d dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh

Lalalalalalalalalalala
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She’d say, “oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise”

This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh

This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh

This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh

 

The End

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2 thoughts on “Story Telling: “Paradise”

  1. I like your song choice, because it was very energetic, and the backgrounds of the music video really were paradise. Overall it was a very good explanation and choice,

    From Nick

  2. Ryan,

    I liked your song choice, it was a very upbeat song. I liked how you explained why you chose this song in detail. It was a great choice
    Jake Petrino

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