Cold Play: Fix You

There is a song, a song that has made a huge difference in my life and a difference in many of people’s lives. For my assignment I chose to use the song Fix You by Cold Play. It has powerful words and meaning behind it all. Now there are many songs that I enjoy more than this one but few hold the meaning that this one does. I really want to emphasize that this is by no stretch my favorite song or even a song that I find to have the most meaning behind it, but this one has the best story behind it.

                So you may ask why choose a song that does not have my greatest favor, or the strongest meaning? Well this song is played at the camp that I volunteer at. To get the idea behind this I’ll give the full story, the is a camp for abused and neglected kids in the foster care system. We play this song on our last night up at the camp to show the kids that all the hurt that had been inflicted on them as well as the hurt they inflicted on themselves can and should be healed. So this song has had an impact on many people’s lives and that is why I choose this song.

                What is the deeper meaning? Well you can see find more than one meaning behind this song, but the one I see as it is the healing of God on a hurt life. We show the meaning behind this song by doing a skit, in order to show the meaning behind the words. In our skit we show a teen who has been dumped, turns to partying and see the emptiness behind it, which leads to the literal collapse of their soul. It is at that point, when they feel as though they can’t take anymore when God comes into help them. And brings them from that point to become the best person they can be.

                Throughout the song both the lyrics and the instruments play into the build of a great climax towards the end of the song. At the beginning of the song you feel a sort of mellow deeper feeling, as the song moves on it slows down a little because it want so show the feeling of someone breaking down. And with a little over a minute left, it picks up dramatically to give that sense of motivation and regrowth. As for the lyrics if you listen to them they actually have a song that is written for religious purposes. This brings more meaning to it all because you know that people are always hurting but you choose to look to God for the answer.

                If I could summarize this song I would do so as this:

When you are at that point when you feel like nothing is working anymore

And things all start to fall apart

There is a solution to this and you know what it is

It means you have a choice

Ect.

But in short you have a choice and if you choose God It will end in a life with less heart Break