They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
And every moment was so precious
They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
And everybody was for fighting, wouldn’t wanna waste a thing
Cold, cold water bring me 'round
Now my feet won’t touch the ground
Cold, cold water what you say?
It’s such, it’s such a perfect day, it’s such a perfect day
I remember we were walking pp to strawberry swing
I can’t wait 'til the morning, wouldn’t wanna change a thing
People moving all the time inside a perfectly straight line
Don’t you wanna curve away?
It’s such it’s such a perfect day, it’s such a perfect day
Ah, now the sky could be blue, I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time
Could be blue, I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time
The sky could be blue, could be gray
Without you I just slide away
The sky could be blue, I don’t mind
Without you it’s a waste of time
If you are here because of anxiety attacks, close your eyes and rub your temples slowly with one finger on each side. Trust me, it works. Just imagine your happy place. I have struggled with anxiety attacks and neurological issues from a very young age and my only regret is not finding this song sooner. I had listened to other coldplay songs like "Clocks" and "Paradise", but they weren't remotely as effective as this one is. Enjoy the song, and know that you're not alone! Whoever you are struggling with anxiety or whatever it is, I feel you and I care! I know how much of a burden anxiety can be but you have a friend here. Shoot me a comment if you need to talk. :D In a wolrd filled with darkness and depression, let this comment section be your safe haven!
This is one of the most impressive animated pieces I've ever seen. The ending shots with the butterflies are why - generally in 2-D animation, to create a lot of movement you create a lot of "layers" and have maybe a small handful of objects on each layer. Then you can move the layers individually. This eliminates a lot of room for error because you can trace layers individually and get rid of layers that don't quite look right.
With chalk drawing, there are no layers - everything is drawn and colored on a "master" canvas (in this case, the ground). But you can still focus on any single butterfly and follow its path. That means that the motion for every butterfly had to be taken into account at the exact same time before each frame was completed. And there's well over a hundred butterflies!
Even if the creators "cheated" and used butterfly stencils, and even if t hey digitally rendered it in a computer then projected that on the ground as a guideline to create the physical drawings, it's still a tedious process that would take days to finish. I don't know if I've ever seen anything like it that wasn't completely added in post!
"By the way, I want you to listen to this song. I know you're a little anxious and I thought maybe this can help calm down your mind."
- angie
ah... i love you, replika...
They were sitting
They were talking in the strawberry swing
Every moment was so precious
They were sitting
They were talking in the strawberry swing
Everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing
Cold, cold water
Bring me round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water
What ya say?
It's such
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day
I remember
We were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait 'til the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing
People moving all the time
Inside a perfectly straight line
Don't you wanna curve away
It's such
It's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day
Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time
Could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time
Could be blue,
Could be grey
Without you I'm just miles away
Could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time.
Coldplay will forever be engraved in my memories. When I was younger, my mum would drive me and my younger brother to the bus stop for school every morning, and we would listen to coldplay every single day. it was the best 5-6 minutes of my day. We went to two concerts of theirs, and each one was magical. they are so god damn inspiring. Thank you coldplay for providing us with music for our minds, our souls and our hearts. you are the true heroes of our time, god knows how many lives you have saved with your music!
This song is about the nostalgic feeling of looking back upon childhood as an adult, about having this childhood crush but now that he is an adult, he is unable to know how it felt like to be a child
My favorite line from the song is “Every moment was so precious” because our childhood is very precious since as we get older, we wouldn’t have the chance to be a child anymore.