Coldplay — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 115 songs across 10 albums by Coldplay. They use 1,758 unique words out of 8,451 (lexical richness MATTR 0.63), with an average of 74 content words per song. Emotional tone: 33% of songs positive, 51% neutral, 16% negative.
Most used words by Coldplay
- know (199)
- love (187)
- let (125)
- world (94)
- come (92)
- see (89)
- want (79)
- one (76)
- say (70)
- feel (66)
- good (58)
- light (51)
- rain (48)
- sky (47)
- heart (46)
- head (46)
- time (45)
- hmm (45)
- back (44)
- pray (41)
Signature phrases
- “hoo woo hoo” (23)
- “woo hoo woo” (23)
- “para para paradise” (18)
- “let rain let” (16)
- “rain let rain” (16)
- “para paradise para” (14)
- “paradise para para” (14)
- “reign love” (13)
- “lo lee lo” (12)
- “good good feelings” (12)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (14)
- green (6)
- yellow (6)
- white (6)
- silver (5)
- black (5)
- orange (3)
- red (2)
Albums analyzed
- Parachutes (2000)
- A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
- X&Y (2005)
- Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
- Mylo Xyloto (2011)
- Ghost Stories (2014)
- A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
- Everyday Life (2019)
- Music of the Spheres (2021)
- Moon Music (2024)