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Coldplay – Yellow Lyrics

Rock

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro

Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
Everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along
Wrote a song for you
All the things you do
And it was called "Yellow"

So then I took my turn
What a thing to have done
And it was all yellow, let's go

Your skin, oh, yeah, your skin and bones
Turn in to something beautiful
You know, you know I love you so, (¡Cantar, todos!)
You know (I love you so)

I swam across
Jumped across for you
What a thing to do
'Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you, ayy
What a thing to do, my love
And it was all yellow, yeah, yeah, yeah

Your skin, oh, yeah, your skin and bones
Turn in to something beautiful
You know, for you, I'd bleed myself dry
For you, I'd bleed myself dry

It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine

(Look how they shine)
(Look how they shine for you)

Entonces, buenas noches, amigos y amigas
Porteños y porteñas
Muchísimo gracias para todo
Estos están los última conciertos de nuestra mundial, gira mundial
Y estamos muy feliz de estar con ustedes en Argentina
Thank you, everybody, have a great time, ha
Los vemos tocar el mejor concierto del mundo para ustedes
Más fuerte, por favor

Look at the stars
How they shine for you
All the things that you do

Let's go, let's go, ¡todavía más fuerte!

About This Song

"Yellow" is Coldplay's breakthrough ballad that transforms a simple color into a profound metaphor for devotion and the transformative power of love. The song captures the vulnerable intensity of unrequited or deeply felt love, where the narrator sees everything through the lens of his beloved-the stars, his own creative expression, and even his physical being all become "yellow," suggesting how love colors and redefines one's entire perception of reality. Chris Martin's falsetto delivery conveys both tenderness and yearning, while the lyrics reveal a narrator who has poured his heart into artistic creation ("I wrote a song for you") as an act of devotion. The track's minimalist production, built around a gentle acoustic guitar arpeggio and subtle orchestration, creates an intimate atmosphere that feels both cosmic and deeply personal. The recurring image of stars shining "for you" elevates the beloved to an almost celestial status, while the color yellow itself suggests warmth, light, and emotional radiance. The song's genius lies in its ability to make the abstract concrete-love becomes a visible, tangible thing that suffuses everything in the narrator's world. "Yellow" resonated with millions because it captured the all-consuming nature of profound affection with poetic simplicity, establishing Coldplay's signature sound of emotional vulnerability wrapped in soaring melodies.

Comments (4)

  • Anonymous
    to be told that all of the stars shine only for you, and that someone loved you so much that they'd bleed themselves dry for you... now that is a dream come true for anyone love story!
  • Anonymous
    beautiful song...cant stop listening to it...what a thing 4 someone who luvs u 2 b able 2 do for u...all out of love ...
  • Anonymous
    This song is for sure one of my all-time favorite songs! Very sweet indeed.
  • Anonymous
    we are thinking of this song for our 1st dance song at our wedding, what do think???