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Orphans

Release date: 24th October 2019

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Released in October 2019 as the lead single from Coldplay's eighth studio album 'Everyday Life', 'Orphans' appears on the record's second half, titled Sunset. The band wrote the track with production handled by The Dream Team, pairing a bright, almost buoyant melody with lyrics that sketch two figures displaced by conflict in Damascus. Rosaleem and Baba each recall lives interrupted by war, their memories of almond and peach trees, silver-screen ambitions, and ordinary social rituals now out of reach. The refrain circles a single longing: the desire to return and be young again. Coldplay frame the violence obliquely, the bombs rendered as rhythmic onomatopoeia rather than graphic detail, whilst the closing lines shift from individual loss to a broader wish for connection that outlasts the wreckage. The song was released alongside 'Arabesque' as a double A-side, both tracks previewing the thematic scope of an album that moved between geographies and registers with unusual ambition for the band.

"Orphans" is a single by Coldplay, released 24th October 2019. The track is 3:18 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Coldplay.

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Lyrics

Orphans

Rosaleem of the Damascene
Yes, she had eyes like the moon
Would have been on the silver screen
But for the missile monsoon

She went: ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
Indigo up in heaven today
Ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
With bombs going boom ba-boom-boom
She said

I want to know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I want to know when I can go
Back and be young again

Baba would go where the flowers grow
Almond and peach trees in bloom
And he would know just when and what to sow
So golden and opportune

He went: ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
Tulips the colour of honey today
It's true, true, ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
With bombs going boom ba-boom-boom
He said

Oh, I want to know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I want to know when I can go
Back and be young again (Yeah)

Ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, oh-oh-oh, ooh
Cherub seraphim soon
Come sailing us home by the light of the moon

Oh, I want to know when I can go
Back and get drunk with my friends
I want to know when I can go
Back and be young again

(Oh-oh, oh-oh ooh)
I guess we'll be raised on our own, then
(Oh-oh, oh-oh ooh)
I want to be with you 'til the world ends
I want to be with you 'til the whole world ends

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Drums
Will Champion
Guitar
Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland
Keyboards
Angel López, Chris Martin, Federico Vindver, Max Martin, Rik Simpson
Vocals
Chris Martin
Additional Engineering
Federico Vindver, Sam Harper
Additional Production
Angel López, Federico Vindver
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Anthony De Souza, Baptiste Leroy, Bastien Lozier, Erwan Abbas, Issam Murad, Matt Glasbey, Matt Latham, Miguel Lara, Pierre Houlé
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Chris Allgood
Bass Guitar
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Emily Lazar
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