I was very depressed and it felt like time was indeed pushing me around because I needed to wait and I didn't know how to. Personally, I was in a situation where I tried to force a relationship and I ended up in a hole because of it. Obviously it could be any number of things. He says he should have waited, but not what he should have waited for. To me this song is about depression and regret. I think the person cut him loose with all the baggage, but the way his voice sounds at the end seems to resonate with the realization that punishing himself in hopes that the perpetrator will save him in the end, and be sorry is futile and a waste of his life. How many people have been at a bottom and made a decision to confront say, an abusive parent, even if just to validate what happened, and the parent deny everything. To me, the song is about confronting a loved one who has been hurting you for a long time, all the while denying the true impact of their actions.'You can say what you mean, But it won't change a thing, I'm sick of the secrets' I always imagine the person standing on the edge, the only thing keeping him or her from falling off is this horrible, tight noose around their neck, and instead of pulling them in, this other person cuts the rope. It is second in my mind only to Warning Sign. But I have another take on the ending, and I have always felt that this song is the darkest, rawest piece coldplay has released to date. When I first heard this song, I was carried away by Chris's voice, the way the music paced my feelings, and the way the crescendo made my heart explode.

Oh my star