Song Analysis - Fix You by Coldplay

Lyrics copied verbatim from Genius.

General

• Slow, Time Signature: 4/4
• Major Scale Diatonic Chords
• Short Chorus
• Really picks up after the 2nd Chorus

Verse 1 and 2

When you try your best, but you don’t succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streamin’ down your face
When you lose somethin’ you can’t replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

• Rhymes
• Grouped similar beat and melodic triplets
  • try your best, succeed, what you want, what you need
• Repetition - when you, but you
• Ambient chords
• Verse 2 the harmonies are more prominent
• Overall the pitch range is small. However there are a few big jumps in pitch
  • when you -> try

Chorus 1

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

• Similar beat & melodic structure

  • guide you home
  • ignite your bones

• Addition of keys to the harmony

• Song title used

• Overall pitch range similar to the Verse