“Lovers in Japan” is the fifth track and third single of Viva la Vida. On the LP this track is coupled to “Reign of Love.”
In an interview for Entertainment Weekly in 2008, lead singer Chris Martin, when talking about the song and its title, remarked that “No one associates romance with Japan…Every...
Lovers In Japan
[Verse 1]
Lovers, keep on the road you're on
Runners, until the race is run
Soldiers, you've got to soldier on
Sometimes even the right is wrong
[Chorus]
They are turnin' my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keepin' my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, we're gonna get out
[Verse 2]
Tonight, maybe we're gonna run
Dreamin' of the Osaka sun
Oh, oh
Dreamin' of when the mornin' comes
[Chorus]
They are turnin' my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keepin' my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, the sun'll come out
Reign of Love
[Intro]
One, two, three
[Verse 1]
Reign of love
I can't let go
To the sea I offer this heavy load
Locust wind, lift me up
I'm just a prisoner in a reign of love
[Bridge]
Locust wind, here I stop
How I wish I'd spoken up to a reign of love
[Verse 2]
Reign of love
By the church we're waitin'
Reign of love
On my knees go prayin'
How I wish I'd spoken up
Away get carried on a reign of love
Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love was written by Jonny Buckland & Will Champion & Guy Berryman & Chris Martin.
Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love was produced by Brian Eno & Markus Dravs.
Coldplay released Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love on Thu Jun 12 2008.
Martin: Guy and Will made the piano you hear on there.
Jonny Buckland: Wait, I did too!
Champion: We were in a studio in New York, this place called the Magic Shop, and it had this thing called a tack piano there, which sounds like an old honky-tonk piano, where you put little tacks in the hammers...
According to Songfacts, bassist Guy Berryman explained to Q magazine:
Couldn’t we make our minds up? No, it’s because we didn’t want to have an extra number on the CD. To keep it concise at 10 tracks.
Drummer Will Champion added:
We just preferred to have less titles and more stuff. The album as...