Inspired by the documentary of the same name by occasional Coldplay video director Mat Whitecross.
This song was originally intended for the band’s fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, but was ultimately placed on the digital EP Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.
[Verse 1]
Somewhere up above the stars
The wreckage of a universe floats past
Somewhere up above my heart
A tiny little seed is sown, a government is overthrown
Who knows when we'll be coming home at last
[Chorus]
And I heard it on the radio that one day we'll be living in the stars
And I heard it on a TV show that somewhere up above and in my heart
They'll be tearing us apart, maybe moving us to Mars
We won't see the earth again
And the seconds just remain unchanged
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
8 to 9, 9 to 10
We are meeting for the first time
We might never meet again, you and me
We are meeting for the first time can't you see?
7 6 5 4 3
We are meeting for the first time
Singing this space symphony
[Guitar Solo]
[Shortened Chorus]
They'll be tearing us apart, maybe moving us to Mars
Past the satellites and stars, they're moving us to Mars
Moving to Mars was written by Chris Martin & Will Champion & Jonny Buckland & Guy Berryman.
Moving to Mars was produced by Rik Simpson & Daniel Green & Markus Dravs.
Coldplay released Moving to Mars on Sun Jun 26 2011.
“It probably won’t make it (the record). It was just one of those ones. There was a period where it all worked, then it sat for a bit, we threw (out) lots of ideas, brought them together, pulled them apart, put them back on. We always like the beginning… that intimate sound. And we thought, ‘Where c...