|best|: Coldplay When You See Marie Famous Old Paint Better

On the walk back to her apartment, she tells you about a mural she’s been working on in an alley covered in graffiti and gum and the ghost of better days. The mural is a collage of old songs and new mornings, an attempt to stitch memories into something people can pass by and be patched by. She paints portraits of strangers she’s overheard humming on buses, adds slashes of color for the shape of a laugh. It is messy and stubborn and gloriously unfinished.

(the last king of France) just before his execution by guillotine. coldplay when you see marie famous old paint better

Why would a 21st-century rock band care about famous old paint ? The keyword brilliantly captures two phases of Coldplay’s career: On the walk back to her apartment, she

When you see Marie, better look away Some things aren’t meant to be saved She’s a masterpiece of fading light Better left to the lonely night It is messy and stubborn and gloriously unfinished