Lovers In Japan
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Lovers In Japan is a track included on Coldplay's fourth album. Lovers In Japan is a more upbeat, less dense number that sees Martin feeling less oppressed. That leads straight into their first "hidden track", a more contemplative ballad, Reign Of Love - a lovely layered composition of piano, bass and organ that backs fairytale lyrics. They decided to squeeze in a number of extra songs to fit more in and make people listen to the whole album, they said.
Key lyric: "I have no doubt one day the sun will come out."
Entertainment Weekly printed an article on Coldplay and the new album with a new song slant on some of the songs - from the band's perspective. Here is the excerpt of Lovers In Japan: "No one associates romance with Japan," says Martin of the song that most resembles the familiar wistful Coldplay style. "Everyone thinks Japan is just about Hitachi and neon signs, but every time we're there, we see these amazing sunrises. It's very sexy."
On the album, Lovers in Japan shares track 5 with another, seperate song, Reign Of Love.
Lyrics
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 They are turning my head out To see what I'm all about Keeping my head down To see what it feels like now But I have no doubt One day we're gonna get out Tonight maybe we're gonna run Dreaming of the Osaka sun Ohhhh ohh ohh Dreaming of when the morning comes They are turning my head out To see what I'm all about Keeping my head down To see what it feels like now But I have no doubt One day the sun will come out
Background to LP4
In July 2007 Coldplay revealed that the album seemed to be shaping up with Hispanic influences after having recorded in churches and other areas in Latin America and Spain, such as Barcelona. On their website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars and basic recording equipment to churches and experimenting with particular sounds. However, in the same note, it was stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole.
On September 5, 2007, Coldplay revealed the track names of the new record on their website. It will be a short record (approx. 42 minutes) with approximately 9 songs, which will be chosen out of the following:
- Lost!
- Cemeteries Of London
- Violet Hill
- Poppy Fields
- 42
- Yes!
- Leftrightleftrightleft
- Rainy Day
- Famous Old Painters
- Glass Of Water
- Prospekt's March
- Lovers In Japan
- Strawberry Swing
- Song For The Escapist
- Death And All His Friends
- Life In Technicolor
- Chinese Sleep Chant
- Reign Of Love
- Postcards From Far Away
- Lukas
- The Goldrush
- Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground
Four of the songs were written at various places throughout the list, but they were entirely blacked out, either indicating that they had been taken out of consideration, or the titles were not meant to be known. One of these blacked out names may be the name of the fourth album, as previous tracks have been for Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head and X&Y.
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