Paradise by Coldplay

            I think that the song Paradise by Coldplay is a very nice song. Though it's not my favorite song in the world, I do believe that it has a true and powerful meaning. The song, I think, is mostly about a girl who is young and expects the world to be and easy place and she thought life wouldn't be very hard. But as time passes, she realizes that life isn't easy at all and there will always be something difficult that gets in her way. She realizes that she won't be able to lead a happy life if she keeps expecting it to be perfect and that she is losing hold of her life because she had that idea in her mind. So she decides to try and hide from life. Overall, the way i interpreted this song is that it's about a girl who struggles to get through life because of the way she percieved ife, or expected life to be so easy when she was younger so she ends up trying to escape reality.

            For example, the lines " When she was just a girl, she expected the world," shows the concept of expecting too much out of life. This girl that the song is written about expected the world to be a perfect place and to not be something that was hard. However, that is not how life is. I the next line of the song it says, " But it flew away from her reach." This shows that her expectations of the world were not accurate and life ended up slipping out of her hands. She couldn't grasp and hold onto life because it was becoming difficult for her. Then, following that line, " So she ran away in her sleep, and dreamed of para-para- paradise," shows how she tried to escape the difficulties of life by painting a picture of a perfect world, or "paradise," in her dreams. She couldn't take the pressure of life so she turned away and dreamed of somewhere that wouldn't be so hard and that was her paradise.

            This is important for people to understand, especially young adults like myself. We, as young adults, need to realize, if we haven't already, that life isn't easy. As most teenagers have experienced, it is hard just getting good grades in school. Imagine what it must be like as an adult, to make a living and support yourself and/or your family. No one can go through life expecting everything to go the way they plan, or to be just the way they want, because in reality, life will not be like that. If you do go through your life thinking that, and not expecting bad or difficult things to happen to you, then you will find that it is much harder to live that way. You will be more surprised when you face obstacles and so you will try to hide from verity or the actuality of life just like this girl in the song experienced. Overall, Paradise is a good song that has a deep meaning (in the way I see it) and is a good message for everyone, young people especially.