All that noise and all that sound
Songwriters: Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Christopher Antho Martin
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand
Some things you have to believe
How long do I have to climb
I'll stop before I can stop
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
All those signs I knew what they meant
Or the inventors could never design
All that noise and all that sound
Birds go flying at the speed of sound
All those places I got found
Before it starts, before I begin
Look up, I look up at night
If you could see it then you'd understand
If you could see it then you'd understand
Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBL. MGB LTD.
Some get made and some get sent, ooh
The sign that I couldn't read
If you could see it then you'd understand
But others are puzzles, puzzling me
Some things you can't invent
All those places I got found
How long am I gonna stand
Or Japan and China, all lit up
To show you how it all began
Or a light that I couldn't see
Climb up, up in the trees
Where to? Where do I go?
If you've never tried then you'll never know
With my head stuck under the sand?
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
The buildings that you put up
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
To show you how it all began
Or before I see things the right way up
How long before I get in?
Birds came flying from the underground
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
How long before you decide?
Birds came flying from the underground
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Ideas that you'll never find
Before I know what it feels like