For you I'd wait 'til kingdom come
Until my days, my days are done
And say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me.
Masterpiece
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It was originally intended to be a duet with Johnny Cash, but he passed away before he could record his part. As tribute, Coldplay often mix the song with Cash's "Ring of Fire" while playing it live. Also as tribute, Chris Martin appears in the video for the posthumous Cash release "God's Gonna Cut You Down", which won the 2008 Grammy for best short form music video.
So you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk
And you feel like you're going where you've been before
You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all, let's talk
Let's talk, let's talk, let's talk.
Amazing
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The song was remixed by Jacques Lu Cont, with the title "Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)".The song by Lu Cont won the coveted Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical award at the 2007 Grammy Awards "Talk" was also nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Rock Performance by a duo or Group with Vocals
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The band recorded three separate versions of "Talk"; the one found on X&Y was based on an early cut of the song. A newer version of the track (with a different set of lyrics) was leaked onto the internet in March 2005. "Talk" was originally intended to be a b-side for the single "Speed of Sound" before becoming the last addition to X&Y's track listing.