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Coldplay and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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Today I have some music for you by one of the greatest bands of our era and possibly of all time. Coldplay is a band that never fails to deliver stunning and captivating music. Each album has this wonderful theme about it and it extends not only to the lyrics but to the instrumentation as well. Each album has a story woven into it, and sometimes it can be a little difficult to glean. But with their newest album Ghost Stories, I think it is clear as to what the songs are going to be about. Normally when we hear music about breakups, the songs can either be extremely lovely or very annoying and mushy. But Coldplay takes this to another level of beauty and grace and depth. The entire album is so moving in a way that only few artists can capture. This album and this song are very transcendent and the emotions go beyond that of just feeling sad. This song captures the sadness and the loneliness and this brokenness. Chris Martin captures his vulnerability and insecuraties and feelings of los