The album art for Ghost Stories was etched kwa British based, Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová. The medieval art-driven artwork, measuring 100 kwa 100cm, features a pair of Angel wings imposed onto a painting of an ocean under a sky at night. The Angel wings themselves feature cryptic imagery of medieval-style drawings of fairly contemporary objects and concepts. The picha include a couple in love, a man facing a mirror, a flight of white doves, a circular maze, a girl kwa candlelight, a window looking out onto an incoming tornado and a garden plant with a ladder, amongst other imagery depicted in the artwork. A larger, digital version of the artwork is available on Coldplay's official website, with the ability to zoom into the artwork with a Screen magnifier.
Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling picha are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, was invited kwa Coldplay to etch artworks for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people".
There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Stories artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. 25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of the artwork, all hand-signed kwa Fürstová, are also set to go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same siku Ghost Stories releases in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling picha are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, was invited kwa Coldplay to etch artworks for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people".
There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Stories artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. 25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of the artwork, all hand-signed kwa Fürstová, are also set to go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same siku Ghost Stories releases in the United Kingdom and the United States.
I wanna live life and never be cruel.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Marafiki around.
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house.
I wanna live life and always be true.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Marafiki around.
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
where making zaidi Marafiki would be easy.
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save.
Yes, and I sin every single day.
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
Where making zaidi Marafiki would be easy.
I wanna live where the sun comes out ...
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Marafiki around.
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house.
I wanna live life and always be true.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Marafiki around.
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
where making zaidi Marafiki would be easy.
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save.
Yes, and I sin every single day.
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
Where making zaidi Marafiki would be easy.
I wanna live where the sun comes out ...
Did I drive wewe away?
I know what you'll say.
You'll say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise wewe this,
I'll always look out for you.
That's what I'll do.
And sing "oh"
I'll sing "oh"
My moyo is yours.
It's wewe that I hold on to.
That's what I'll do.
But I know I was wrong,
And I won't let wewe down.
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah I will, yes I will…)
But I'll sing "oh"
I cry "oh"
Yeah I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
imba out.
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
I know what you'll say.
You'll say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise wewe this,
I'll always look out for you.
That's what I'll do.
And sing "oh"
I'll sing "oh"
My moyo is yours.
It's wewe that I hold on to.
That's what I'll do.
But I know I was wrong,
And I won't let wewe down.
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah I will, yes I will…)
But I'll sing "oh"
I cry "oh"
Yeah I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
imba out.
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…