Many years ago, when Drobbingdon founded the Church of Chris Martin, Coldplay had just released AROBTTH. The album was filled with cries of hope for spiritual rebirth, and the expectation of a coming messiah. But two years later, they released X&Y, and the message had become one of salvation.
At some point between the two albums, Chris Martin had become conscious of the fact that he was not waiting for a messiah, he WAS that messiah. Let’s look at the evidence.
(Click the embedded links for fuller exegeses of these songs.)
First, from AROBTTH… God Put A Smile
Where do we go, nobody knows
I’ve gotta say I’m on my way down
Chris feels that life has no meaning. Yet he remains aware of an imminant divinity -
God give me style and give me grace
God put a smile upon my face
A normal person, he is no better and no more informed than the rest of us -
Now when you work it out I’m worse than you
Yeah when you work it out, I want it too
Now when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine…
He’s still looking for lines and meanings in In My Place…
In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn’t change
The lines which he could not change are the lines of prophecy in the Old Testament. These appear to predict a coming saviour, or messiah.
I was lost, I was lost
Crossed lines I shouldn’t have crossed
I was lost, oh yeah.
Chris wanders the Earth, (first World Tour!) waiting until the new Messiah appears -
Yeah, how long must you wait for it?
But soon, his revelation came… continue reading »
April 18 2009 | Doctrine and Interpretation | 21 Comments »
The lyrics to the title song of Coldplay’s 2008 album, Viva la Vida, has left fans scratching their heads. The religious imagery was obvious enough, but the meaning of the song has remained obscure. But the CoCM has once again saved the day. Like a puzzle worthy of Leonardo da Vinci, Dan Brown or Tomb Raider, the song has revealed its secrets. Chris Martin is once again encoding hidden knowledge in the songs.
The big clue is in the album cover - by the artist Delacroix, it depicts the French Revolution. A revolution of the cross (de-la-croix) in France… Viva La Vida is the story of the shadowy secret society, the Priory of Sion. Previously, this information was only available in obscure books like Holy Blood, Holy Grail and Da Vinci’s Code, but now, the CoCM is PUBLISHING THE TRUTH.
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
The original king is King David, the King who united Israel and Judea and wrote the Psalms. The line he founded was seen as the legitimate line of Jewish kings. One of his notable descendants was Jesus.
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
Now the line is no longer in power, and has had to go underground.
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies’ eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead, long live the king
The line first reappeared in medieval France. The Merovingians ruled from 486 to 751, when their rule was dramatically overthrown.
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
The castles of the Merovingians are legendary. They include Montsegur, Mont St Michele, Roslyn Chapel, Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Taj Mahal and probably the pyramids too.
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
Lot, whose wife was turned to a pillar of salt, was a nephew of the Patriarch, Abraham. In other words, the authority for the Merovingians comes from the line of Abraham himself.
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
Can this be anything except a reference to the Catholic Church? A faith founded in Jerusalem co-opted bythe militaristic Roman Empire, who actively evangelise throughout the world?
For some reason I can’t explain
Once you’d gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
With the end of the Merovingian rule, the bloodline went underground. They were forced to encode their doctrines in double meanings and codes in bizarre, obscure and apparently meaningless publications such as Les Dossiers Secret and the Daily Mail. Yet they were never able to explain the reason for the importance of the bloodline.
It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was first published in 1982, and brought the Priory of Sion to the general public’s attention for the first time. Pierre Plantard, the alleged head of the order, claimed that the Priory of Sion existed to protect and promote the bloodline of the Merovingians. Moreover, Plantard was the Merovingian aire, and therefore the rightful king of France. And as a descendant of the Merovingians, he was also a descendant of Jesus.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn’t believe what I’d become
The claims were widely criticised as a hoax, although the evidence was strong. Others claimed that Plantard wasn’t capable of coming up with such an elaborate hoax, and so that he had to be a front man, a puppet for those actually in control of the Priory.
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh, who would ever want to be king?
Pierre Plantard came under a great deal of scrutiny. Many doubted his political agenda, and others doubted that he was capable of such an elaborate and detailed hoax. Yet few could doubt that his story resonated and had an unusual number of connections to established historical fact.
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can’t explain
I know St Peter won’t call my name
Because these ideas are contrary to the doctrines of the faith founded upon Saint Peter’s name - Catholicism.
Never an honest word
Because everything has to be hidden in code, like the lyrics of this song.
But that was when I ruled the world.
Viva la Vida - “long live the life”, the living blood of Jesus Christ, the Life, the Truth and the Way.
A.K.A… Chris Martin.
February 03 2009 | Doctrine and Interpretation | 44 Comments »
In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn’t change
The lines which he could not change are the lines of prophecy in some of the books in the Old Testament. These appear to predict a coming saviour, or messiah. While Christians believe that Jesus was this Messiah, Jews are still waiting.
I was lost, oh yeah
I was lost, I was lost
Amazing Grace, a traditional hymn - “I was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” Interestingly, it was the sweet sound of Coldplay that saved this wretch, too!
Crossed lines I shouldn’t have crossed
The Cross - need I say more? (Also remincent of Ghostbusters.)
I was lost, oh yeah.
Yeah, how long must you wait for it?
Not long. Chris, the Messiah, is with us TODAY. (The Jews are wrong.)
Yeah, how long must you pay for it?
Probably a reference to Christ throwing the money-changers from the Temple. However, some commentators have interprited this as a reference to the increasing popularity of peer-to-peer filesharing programs such as Napster & Kazaa.
Yeah, how long must you wait for it?
Depends on your internet connection, really.
Oh for it
I was scared, I was scared
To me, it sometimes seems that we all bear the scars of modern life. On a deeper level, Chris has been scared by the jags on the crown of thorns and the nails through His hands.
Tired and under prepared
But I wait for it
If you go, if you go
Leave me down here on my own
“Down here” is, of course, to Chris, the Earth. He is looking up to his heavenly home and pleading with God, his Father, to give Him a chance to SAVE UOR SOULS. Consider Christ’s words upon the cross - “My Father, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Then I’ll wait for you (yeah)
Sing it
Please, please, please
Come back and sing to me
To me, me
Come on and sing it out, now, now
Come on and sing it out, to me, me
Come back and sing it
In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn’t change
And I was lost, oh yeah,
And here we come to the true meaning of ALL of Coldplay’s songs - OH YEAH. Because while the government, our parents and schoolteachers all say NO to us, Chris affirms and says YEAH. We DO live in a beautiful world.
April 15 2008 | Interpretation | 3 Comments »
Come up to meet you
Tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know how lovely you are
I had to find you…
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh let’s go back to the start…
Running in circles; coming in tails
Heads on a silence apart
What most people don’t realise is that the song The Scientist is actually about Chris Martin’s younger brother Paul. While Chris was making his name as a GORGEOUS INTERNATIONAL POET AND VISIONARY, Paul was sitting an HND in electrical engineering at Hull University. He had always been interested in “questions of science; science and progress.” Chris obviously felt it was “such a shame for” them “to part“, and wrote this song.
Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start
However, “nobody said it would be easy,” and Paul’s poor marks for second year (probably because of his insistance on “just guessing at numbers and figures“) meant that he had to “go back to the start” of the year and resit the exams. He passed second time around, and is now a fully qualified “scientist“.
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science; science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
“Running in circles, chasing our tails” is probably a reference to Mitzi, a cheeky King Charles spaniel that the brothers shared as children.
Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh it’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
April 09 2008 | Doctrine and Interpretation | 4 Comments »
