Atlas
(from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” soundtrack)
Some saw the sun
Some saw the smoke
Some heard the gun
Some bent the bow
Sometimes the wire must tense for the note
Caught in the fire, say oh
We’re about to explode
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Some far away
Some search for gold
Some dragon to slay
Heaven we hope is just up the road
Show me the way, Lord, ’cause I… I’m about to explode
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, and all your hurt.
(Carry your world, carry your world)
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Some saw the sun
Some saw the smoke
Some heard the gun
Some bent the bow
Sometimes the wire must tense for the note
Caught in the fire, say oh
We’re about to explode
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Some far away
Some search for gold
Some dragon to slay
Heaven we hope is just up the road
Show me the way, Lord, ’cause I… I’m about to explode
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, I’ll carry your world
Carry your world, and all your hurt.
(Carry your world, carry your world)
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“Atlas’” is a song written and recorded by British alternative rock band Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The song is a down-tempo ballad, featuring delicate piano refrain with a “moody, haunting melody”, and showcasing Martin’s lower-register vocals. According to some reviewers, it sounds “less like more recent Coldplay tracks and more like a throwback to their sound on A Rush of Blood to the Head,” and “like a tossed-off remnant from the outfit’s early days, before it began experimenting with deep rhythms and vivid textures.” The piano builds to a bolder, “anthemic-quality” chorus with richly layered production, reminiscent of the band’s fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The song was produced by Coldplay, Rik Simpson (with whom the band has previously worked on the Grammy Award-winning album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto), and Daniel Green (Mylo Xyloto).