What If

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"What If" is the second track from Coldplay's 2005 album, X&Y. It was released as a single in June 2006 to radio stations in France and the French speaking portions of Belgium and Switzerland. A commercial CD was also released in Belgium and features the same B-side as "The Hardest Part" ("How You See The World" recorded live at Earls Court), which was released in other European markets as well as Japan and Australia.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Cover images 3 Trivia 4 Lyrics 5 External links

Track listing

• Belgium CD 00946 3 66951 2 9

1. "What If" (Tom Lord Alge mix) - 5:07
2. "How You See The World" (live from Earls Court) - 4:16

Cover images

Belgium CD

Trivia

• It has been said by the tabloid media that this song was about Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's relationship. But since, when played live, Chris Martin places an apple on his piano, it has been speculated that this song is really about his daughter, Apple.

Lyrics

What if there was no light. 
Nothing wrong, nothing right. 
What if there was no time? 
And no reason or rhyme? 
What if you should decide
That you don't want me there by your side. 
That you don't want me there in your life. 

What if I got it wrong?
And no poem or song..
Could put right what I got wrong,
Or make you feel I belong
What if you should decide 
That you don't want me there by your side 
That you don't want me there in your life. 

Oooooh, that's right
Let's take a break jump over the side
Oooooh, that's right
How can you know it if you don't even try?
Oooooh, that's right

Every step that you take 
Could be your biggest mistake 
It could bend or it could break 
But that's the risk that you take 
What if you should decide 
That you don't want me there in your life.
That you don't want me there by your side.

Oooooh, that's right
Let's take a break jump over the side.
Oooooh, that's right
How can you know it when you don't even try? 
Oooooh, that's right

Oooooh, that's right
Let's take a break jump over the inside
Oooooh, that's right
You know that darkness always turns into light 
Oooooh, that's right.

External links

• What If information page at Coldplaying.com

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EPs: Safety EP | The Blue Room EP | Norwegian Live EP | Prospekt's March EP
Albums: Parachutes | A Rush of Blood to the Head | X&Y | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Mylo Xyloto
Live albums: Live 2003 | LeftRightLeftRightLeft
Compilations: The Singles 1999-2006
Miscellaneous: Ode to Deodorant | Mince Spies | Christmas Lights
Unofficial collections: A Rush Of B-Sides To Your Head | Castles | After After Before
Singles: Brothers & Sisters | Shiver | Yellow | Trouble | Don't Panic | In My Place | The Scientist | Clocks | God Put A Smile Upon Your Face | Speed of Sound | Fix You | Talk | The Hardest Part | What If | Violet Hill | Viva la Vida | Lost! | Lovers In Japan | Life In Technicolor ii | Strawberry Swing | Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall | Paradise | Charlie Brown
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