I created this blog so that I could explore song lyrics that are both powerful and subjective. When I first heard the Coldplay song “Till Kingdom Come”, I was sure that the song was about unrequited love. I was a teenager and had fallen pretty hard for a girl who did not share my feelings. When I listened to this song, I was sure that Chris Martin was saying that whether this girl loved him or not, he would wait for her. To me at the time, it was a perfect song with a perfect meaning.
Recently when I started listening to the song again, years later, I found that while the song does lend itself to being about unrequited love, it also lends itself to being about faith. Faith is a touchy subject for many and I won't really delve into it but the phrase “Till Kingdom Come” to me, now directly has a connotation with heaven and the after life.
My favorite phrases are below:
The wheels just keep on turning,
The drummers begin to drum,
I don't know which way I'm going,
I don't know what I've become.
For you, I'd wait 'til kingdom come,
Until my days, my days are done.
Say you'll come and set me free,
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me.
The drummers begin to drum,
I don't know which way I'm going,
I don't know what I've become.
For you, I'd wait 'til kingdom come,
Until my days, my days are done.
Say you'll come and set me free,
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me.
The full lyrics are below along with a link to Coldplay performing “Till Kingdom Come” and “Ring of Fire” at Austin City Limits.
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