Once upon a time somebody ran

Somebody ran away saying 'fast as I can

I got to go, I got to go'

Once upon a time we fell apart

You're holding in your hands the two halves of my heart

Oh oh oh, ohohohoh



Oh ohohohoh, ohohohohoh, ohohohoh, oh



Once upon a time we burned bright

Now all we ever seem to do is fight

On and on, and on and on and on

Once upon a time on the same side

Once upon a time on the same side in the same game

Now why d'you have to go

Have to go and throw water on my flame?



I could have been a princess, you'd be a king

Could have had a castle and worn a ring

But no o o o oh you let me go o o o oh

I could have been a princess, you'd be a king

Could have had a castle and worn a ring

But no o o o oh you let me go o o o oh



You stole my star

La, lalala lalalala, lalalalalalala, lalalalalalala,

You stole my star

La, lalala lalalala



'Cos you really hurt me, no you really hurt me

'Cos you really hurt me, no you really hurt me

'Cos you really hurt me, oh-oh you really hurt me

'Cos you really hurt me, oh-oh you really hurt me





Written by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.

Features vocals by Rihanna and a sample from 'Takk' 

written by Birgisson/Dyrason/Holm/Sveinsson, 

published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd, 

performed by Sigur Ros, courtesy of EMI Records.

Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson.

Enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno.

Mixing by Mark 'Spike' Stent, Rik Simpson, Daniel Green and Michael Brauer.

All strings by Davide Rossi.

Light and magic by Jon Hopkins.

Additional cello by Rosie Danvers.

In time percussion by Luis Jardim.

Recorded by the producers and Robin Baynton 

at The Bakery and The Beehive, London.

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios.

Recording and mix assistance by Andy Rugg, Matt McGinn, Matt Miller, 

Christian Green, Olga Fitzroy, Ryan Gilligan, Matt Green, Pierre Eiras, 

David Emery, Ian Sylvester, Noah Goldstein, Ian Shea, Andrew Denny,

Deepu Panjwani, Nobuyuki Murakami, Hidefumi Ohbuchi and Mr Tim Crompton.

Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd and Opal Music, London (PRS).