42
Coldplay * Track #4 On Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
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Album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
42 by Coldplay
Release Date
Performed by
ColdplayProduced by
Markus Dravs & Brian EnoWrited by
Jonny Buckland & Will Champion & Guy Berryman & Chris MartinAbout
The title is the second Coldplay title referencing Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (The first being “Don’t Panic”.) In the novel, the characters discover that the meaning to life, the universe, and everything is 42.
42 Lyrics
[Verse]
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just livin' in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am livin' there as well, oh
[Chorus]
Time is so short, and I'm sure
There must be somethin' more
[Verse]
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just livin' in my head, oh
And since I fell for that spell
I am livin' there as well, oh
[Chorus]
Time is so short, and I'm sure
There must be somethin' more
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
You thought you might be a ghost
You thought you might be a ghost
You didn't get to heaven, but you made it close
You didn't get to heaven, but you made it close
You thought you might be a ghost
You thought you might be a ghost
You didn't get to heaven, but you made it close
You didn't get to heaven, but you oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
[Outro]
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just livin' in my head
Ooh
42 Q&A
Who wrote 42's ?
42 was written by Jonny Buckland & Will Champion & Guy Berryman & Chris Martin.
Who produced 42's ?
42 was produced by Markus Dravs & Brian Eno.
What did Coldplay say about "42"?
Martin: [Explaining the lyrics] Well, the whole record is — if it were a Notorious B.I.G. record, it’d be called Life and Death, it’s just that … maybe because we’ve had some people close to us who we’ve lost, but some miracles — we’ve got kids. So, life has been very extreme recently, and so both d...