Analysis of Coldplay’s ‘The scentist’

The lyrics are used when acting out the visuals in this music video. This is shown when he sings the lyrics ‘I’m going back to the start’-he’s walking backwards in the music video.  Also when he sings the lyrics ‘Running in circles’ the camera circles around him. I believe that the lyrics of this song are about a scientist who is so caught up in his work that he neglects his girlfriend, but realizes it eventually and wants to "go back to the start" and begin fresh.

The images in this music video compliment the music by showing what the lyrics are really about. The music video is quite sad and depressing, the mood and tone is mirrored with this using the music. The music video shows lead singer Chris Martin driving with his girlfriend. They get into an accident, she goes flying through the windshield and dies. Chris just walks out of the car, out of the forest, and into a city. This is all backwards. The video was shot normal direction and then played backwards, while Chris sang the lyrics to the song backwards.