The album art for Ghost Stories was etched Von British based, Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová. The medieval art-driven artwork, measuring 100 Von 100cm, features a pair of Angel – Jäger der Finsternis wings imposed onto a painting of an ocean under a sky at night. The Angel – Jäger der Finsternis wings themselves feature cryptic imagery of medieval-style drawings of fairly contemporary objects and concepts. The Bilder include a couple in love, a man facing a mirror, a flight of white doves, a circular maze, a girl Von candlelight, a window looking out onto an incoming tornado and a garden plant with a ladder, amongst other imagery depicted in the artwork. A larger, digital version of the artwork is available on Coldplay's official website, with the ability to zoom into the artwork with a Screen magnifier.
Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling Bilder are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, was invited Von Coldplay to etch artworks for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people".
There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Stories artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. 25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of the artwork, all hand-signed Von Fürstová, are also set to go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same Tag Ghost Stories releases in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling Bilder are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, was invited Von Coldplay to etch artworks for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people".
There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Stories artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. 25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of the artwork, all hand-signed Von Fürstová, are also set to go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same Tag Ghost Stories releases in the United Kingdom and the United States.
I wanna live life and never be cruel.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Friends around.
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house.
I wanna live life and always be true.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Friends around.
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
where making Mehr Friends would be easy.
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save.
Yes, and I sin every single day.
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
Where making Mehr Friends would be easy.
I wanna live where the sun comes out ...
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Friends around.
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house.
I wanna live life and always be true.
I wanna live life and be good to you.
And I wanna fly and never come down.
And live my life and have Friends around.
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
where making Mehr Friends would be easy.
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save.
Yes, and I sin every single day.
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house,
Where making Mehr Friends would be easy.
I wanna live where the sun comes out ...
Did I drive Du away?
I know what you'll say.
You'll say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise Du this,
I'll always look out for you.
That's what I'll do.
And sing "oh"
I'll sing "oh"
My herz is yours.
It's Du that I hold on to.
That's what I'll do.
But I know I was wrong,
And I won't let Du down.
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah I will, yes I will…)
But I'll sing "oh"
I cry "oh"
Yeah I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
Singen out.
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
I know what you'll say.
You'll say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise Du this,
I'll always look out for you.
That's what I'll do.
And sing "oh"
I'll sing "oh"
My herz is yours.
It's Du that I hold on to.
That's what I'll do.
But I know I was wrong,
And I won't let Du down.
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah I will, yes I will…)
But I'll sing "oh"
I cry "oh"
Yeah I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks,
Singen out.
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…
La, la, la, la, oh…