Us Against the World

Oh morning come bursting the clouds amen
Lift off this blindfold let me see again
Bring back the water let your ships roll in
In my heart she left a hole

The tightrope that I'm walking just sways and ties
The devil as he's talking with those angel's eyes
And I just want to be there when the lightening strikes
And the saints go marching in

And sing
Slow it down
Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world

Like a river to a raindrop I lost a friend
My drunken hazard daniel in a lion's den
And tonight I know it all has to begin again
So whatever you do, don't let go

And if we could float away
Fly up to the surface and just start again
Lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain
Just erodes us in the rain
Just erodes us and see roses in the rain saying

Slow it down
Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world

Through chaos as it swirls
It's us against the world


Written by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson.
Enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno.
Mixing by Mark 'Spike' Stent, Rik Simpson, Daniel Green and Michael Brauer.
All strings by Davide Rossi.
Light and magic by Jon Hopkins.
Additional cello by Rosie Danvers.
In time percussion by Luis Jardim.
Recorded by the producers and Robin Baynton
at The Bakery and The Beehive, London.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios.
Recording and mix assistance by Andy Rugg, Matt McGinn, Matt Miller,
Christian Green, Olga Fitzroy, Ryan Gilligan, Matt Green, Pierre Eiras,
David Emery, Ian Sylvester, Noah Goldstein, Ian Shea, Andrew Denny,
Deepu Panjwani, Nobuyuki Murakami, Hidefumi Ohbuchi and Mr Tim Crompton.
Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd and Opal Music, London (PRS).