Èkó

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Èkó by Coldplay

About Èkó

"Èkó" is a song by Coldplay from their eighth studio album, Everyday Life. It is the third track on the second side of the album, Sunset. The song features backing vocals by Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage. The song title stands for the local name of Lagos, a city in the southwestern region of Nigeria in Africa. Chris Martin said the song is about a made-up character named Joseph, who could be himself or someone else, who leaves the country to try to make it in the city. .

Èkó Lyrics

[00:16.92] Joseph rode in on a beam of light
[00:20.73] Stray dogs to welcome him
[00:23.11] Fights, corrugate cathedrals
[00:28.47] The sight of the pilgrims going nowhere
[00:31.52] In millions of cars
[00:36.44] Lagos a dream in the distance
[00:40.23] For promises he'd made behind
[00:43.18] Where there was no harvest
[00:48.35] But he missed the sky and its circus
[00:51.29] And countless the stars
[00:56.24] In Africa
[01:00.19] The rivers are perfectly deep and beautifully wide
[01:07.87] In Africa
[01:12.18] The Mothers will sing you to sleep
[01:14.58] And say, "It's alright, child, it's alright"
[01:24.00]
[01:43.20] In Africa
[01:46.73] We dance in the water and hold each other so tight
[01:55.07] In Africa
[01:59.16] The Mothers will sing you to sleep
[02:02.06] And say, "It's alright, child, it's alright"
[02:10.99]
[02:14.71] Joseph rode in on a beam of light
[02:18.64] Dreamed of his queen by his side
[02:22.52] There'll be a beautiful sunset
[02:26.77] And you'll be a beautiful bride
[02:29.10]

From the album: Everyday Life