Cemeteries of London

At night they would go walking
'Til the breaking of the day
The morning is for sleeping
Through the dark streets they go searching
To see God in their own way
Save the night time for your weeping
Your weeping
Singing lalalalalalalalaiy
And the night over London lay

So we rode down to the river
Where Victorian ghosts pray
For their curses to be broken
We go wandering 'neath the arches
Where the witches are and they say
There are ghost towns in the ocean
The ocean
Singing lalalalalalalalaiy
And the night over London lay

God is in the houses
And God is in my head
And all the cemeteries of London
I see God come in my garden
But I don't know what he said
For my heart it wasn't open
Not open
Singing lalalalalalalalaiy
And the night over London lay
Singing lalalalalalalalaiy
There's no light over London today


Written by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
Produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno and Rik Simpson.
Recorded in a bakery, a nunnery, a magic shop, a church.
Sonic landscapes by Brain Eno.
Colours and additional production by Jon Hopkins.
All strings by Davide Rossi.
Supporting players: Matt McGinn and Crispin Robinson.
Engineering and recording assistance: Andy Rugg, Dan Green,
Brian Thorn, Olga Fitzroy, Francois Chevallier, Jan Petrov, Jason Lader,
Michael Trepagnier, Vanessa Parr, Dom Monks and Will Hensley.
Mixing by Michael H. Brauer, Rik Simpson
and Andy Wallace, John O'Mahoney and Markus Dravs.
Mastering by Bob Ludwig with thanks to George Marino.
Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.