2002年的夏天,我在台北車站前仍屬繁榮的唱片行圈,買下了剛發行的Coldplay第二張專輯《A Rush of Blood to the Head》,CD編號是7788,那是現在看來不可能的唱片台壓數字。我忍不住焦急的心情,在艷陽下曬得熱燙的摩托車上,拆開了CD,那白色封面模特兒披掛著斜紋斗篷,卻由3D掃描技術轉換得尖刺亂竄,只在電視上看過〈In
My Place〉音樂錄影帶的我,耳機裡馬上就讓那飽滿的鼓聲襲捲,然後讓〈The Scientist〉靜歇的鋼琴打動得落寞起來。
MV中敘述男主角晃蕩城市,遊走森林中,然後回到過去,與女主角快樂乘車出遊,卻衝出路面柵欄,發生了意外...。原來原來,是因為意外,才讓他變得如此孤單。這支MV獲得了2003年MTV音樂獎三項殊榮,包括「Best
Group Video」、「Best Direction」、「Breakthrough Video」。
在一段滾石雜誌的訪問中,Chris Martin說,他在做《A Rush of Blood to the Head》時,總覺得這張專輯少了個聲音。某晚在利物浦,他找到了一台已經失去音準的舊鋼琴,想要彈出George
Harrison的歌〈Isn't It a Pity〉,最後卻彈不出來,進而想出了這個他自稱「Lovely」的和弦。他說,管它的全球經濟衰退、管它的環境問題,每每襲上自己心頭的,還是關於女孩的故事。
他想要說「對不起,我需要你」,沒有人說愛很簡單,讓我們回到過去吧。(Oh take me back to the start / I'm going back to the start)
Coldplay - The Scientist (歌詞) Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you Tell you I need you Tell you I've set you apart
Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles Coming up tails Heads on the science apart
Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start
I was just guessing At numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science Science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart
Oh tell me you love me Come back and haunt me Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles Chasing our tails Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy Oh, it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard