White Shadows

Je to třetí track na třetím albu Coldplay X&Y a vyšel i jako singl.

Song byl napsán jako pocta pro slavného hollywodského producenta Bruce Paltrow.
Uprostřed velkého počtu show, ve které vložil svoji důvěru, stojí komediální drama ze 70. let The White Shadow, který je o bílém středoškolském basketbalovém trenérovi s týmem plným černých hráčů.
Leader Coldplay Chris Martin se oženil s jeho dcerou oscarovou herečkou Gwyneth Paltrow.
Bruce Paltrow zemřel v roce 2002.

When I was a young boy I tried to listen
And I wanna feel like that
Little white shadows
blink and miss them
Part of a system, I am

If you ever feel like something's missing
Things you'll never understand
Little white shadows
Sparkle and glisten
Part of a system again

All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space, I'm taking up
All this sound is breaking up
Ohhhhhhhh

Maybe you'll get what you wanted
maybe you'll stumbled upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
And when you find it you'll keep it
In a permanent state, a permanent state

When I was a young boy I tried to listen
Don't you wanna feel like that?

You're part of the human race
All of the stars and the outer space
Part of the system again

All this noise, I'm waking up
All this space I'm taking up
I cannot hear, you're breaking up
Whooaaaaaaa

Maybe you'll get what you wanted
Maybe you'll stumble upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
And when you find it you'll keep it
In a permanent state, a permanent state

Swim out on a sea of faces
Tide of the human races
Oh, an answer now is what I need...

See it in a new sun rising
See it break on your horizon
Oh, come on love, stay with me...