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Released on 12 September 2011 as the second single from 'Mylo Xyloto', 'Paradise' became the best-selling rock single in the UK, shifting more than 410,000 copies. The track adopts a narrative of childhood disillusionment and escapist longing, Chris Martin writing from the perspective of a girl who expected the world but found it flew away from her reach. She dreams her way to paradise, the lyric repeating the title as a kind of mantra whilst the arrangement builds around a steady pulse and layered vocal refrains.
The imagery leans on metaphor without overstatement: the wheel breaks the butterfly, every tear a waterfall, bullets caught in teeth. The chorus cycles through its stuttered refrain, the production favouring repetition and uplift over verse-chorus contrast. By the bridge, the perspective shifts slightly, the character lying beneath stormy skies and declaring that the sun must set to rise, a note of resilience folded into the escapism. The song remains one of the band's most widely recognised releases, its commercial reach extending well beyond the album campaign that launched it.
"Paradise" is a single by Coldplay, from the album Mylo Xyloto, released 18th October 2011. The track is 4:38 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Coldplay.
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