The most personal and emotionally-charged song on Coldplay’s enigmatic A Head Full of Dreams, “Everglow” expresses memory and loss as an ever-lasting “glow.”

Most likely inspired by his own divorce from… Read More [Verse 1]

Oh, they say people come, say people go

This particular diamond was extra special

And though you might be gone, and the world may not know

Still I see you celestial

[Verse 2]

Like a lion you ran, a goddess you rolled

Like an eagle you circled in perfect purple

So how come things move on? How come cars don't slow?

When it feels like the end of my world

When I should but I can't let you go

[Chorus]

But when I'm cold, cold

Yeah, when I'm cold, cold

There's a light that you give me when I'm in shadow

There's a feelin' within me, everglow

[Verse 3]

Like brothers in blood, sisters who ride

And we swore on that night we'd be friends 'til we die

But the changin' of winds and the way waters flow

Life is short as the fallin' of snow

And now I'm gonna miss you, I know

[Chorus]

But when I'm cold, cold

In water rolled, salt

And I know that you're with me and the way you will show

And you're with me wherever I go

And you give me this feelin', this everglow

[Bridge]

Oh, what I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold

Yeah, I live for this feelin', this everglow

[Outro]

So if you love someone, you should let them know

Oh, the light that you left me will everglow