Hurts Like Heaven

Coldplay · Mylo Xyloto [2011]

Written in graffiti on a bridge in a park

'Do you ever get the feeling that you're missing the mark?'

It's so cold, it's so cold

It's so cold, it's so cold



Written up in marker on a factory sign

'I struggle with the feeling that my life isn't mine'

It's so cold, it's so cold

It's so cold, it's so cold



See the arrow that they shot, trying to tear us apart

Took the fire from my belly and the beat from my heart

Still I won't let go

Still I won't let go



You

Ooohooh



Oh you, use your heart as a weapon

And it hurts like heaven



On every street every car every surface an angel

And at the streets are rising and you'd rather sing

'Don't let them take control

No, we won't let them take control'



Yes, I feel a little bit nervous,

Yes, I feel nervous and I cannot relax,

I'm coming 'round to get us

I'm coming 'round when they don't know the facts



So on concrete canvas and a glow in the dark

On a concrete canvas, I will make you a mark

Armed with the spray can soul

I am down with the spray can soul



You

Ooohooh



Oh, you

Ooohooh



Yes, you

You use your heart as a weapon

And it hurts like heaven



Woho-ooh

Woho-oooh



It's true

When you

Use your heart as a weapon

It hurts like heaven