A música Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall do Coldplay tem como inspiração inicial o single de 1976 I Go to Rio de Peter Allen e Adrienne Anderson. Chris Martin se inspirou ao ouvir a batida da música em um festival, levando-o a escrever Every teardrop Is a Waterfall. É uma faixa que celebra o poder da música em transformar o desânimo em esperança e alegria.
I turn the music up, I got my records on I shut the world outside until the lights come on Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night Until Monday morning feels another life I turn the music up I'm on a roll this time And heaven is in sight
I turn the music up, I got my records on From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song Don't want to see another generation drop I'd rather be a comma than a full stop Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes But my heart is beating and my pulses start Cathedrals in my heart
And we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into To tell me it's alright As we soar wa----lls, every siren is a symphony And every tear's a waterfall
Is a waterfall Oh Is a waterfall Oh oh oh Is a is a waterfall
So you can hurt, hurt me bad But still I'll raise the flag
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-a-terfall A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall Every tear Every tear Every teardrop is a waterfall Every tear Every tear Every teardrop is a waterfall