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Atlas

Release date: 6th September 2013

From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Coldplay's contribution to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack, 'Atlas' frames itself as a ballad of mutual endurance. The song moves between images of conflict and strain, wire tensing for a note, fire and smoke, the promise of explosion. At its core sits a simple exchange: "Carry your world / I'll carry your world", a pledge of shared burden that repeats through the chorus and outro with gathering weight. The track trades Coldplay's usual brightness for something darker and more grounded. Chris Martin's voice carries the weight of the lyric without embellishment, and the arrangement builds from restraint towards something that opens up and soars, matching the emotional arc of mutual support under pressure. It was their first original song written for a film soundtrack.

"Atlas" is a track by Coldplay, from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 6th September 2013. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Coldplay.

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Atlas

[Verse 1]

Some saw the sun

Some saw the smoke

Some heard the gun

Some bent the bow

Sometimes the wire must tense for the note

Caught in the fire, say "oh"

We're about to explode

[Chorus]

Carry your world

I'll carry your world

Carry your world

I'll carry your world

[Verse 2]

Some far away

Some search for gold

Some dragon to slay

Heaven we hope is just up the road

Show me the way, Lord

'Cause I, I'm about to explode

[Chorus]

Carry your world

I'll carry your world

Carry your world

I'll carry your world

[Outro]

Carry your world, and all your hurt

(Carry your world)

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From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2013
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