<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> In an interview with Q magazine, lead singer Chris Martin stated that "In My Place" was a song Coldplay had left after recording their debut album Parachutes (2000). When the band finished recording their second album A Rush of Blood to the Head, Martin said that the album was complete . However, after guitarist Jonny Buckland played the song on his guitar, Martin said that they now needed to record it and include it on the album . Martin also said that: "That's about where you're put in the world, and how you're given your position, and the way you look, and how you have to get on with it ." In an interview, Buckland revealed that the song was hard to record, as the band had played the song live . He also commented that when they started recording the song, they did not know how it should sound, due to the band members' contrasting ideas . </P> <P> The song opens with a single crash cymbal followed by two bars of 4 / 4 drumming, then a plaintive three - note guitar line rings through a strummy rhythm, and Martin's vocals . Its instrumentation is varied with the sound of thumping drums, chiming guitars, a singalong chorus, and a string arrangement . The song also features a guitar lick swirl . The three lines of the third verse allude to a man's love of a woman, who does not reciprocate his love . He is saying he will always wait for her, but he does not think that she should stay where she is any longer . The lyrics emphasize: "But I wait for you / if you go, if you go / leave me down here on my own / then I'll wait for you ." The song's lyrics also include references to a desire for weary optimism . </P> <P> Critics were positive towards the song . In the Entertainment Weekly review of the album, critic David Browne wrote: "Songs like' In My Place' and' Warning Sign' marry lyrics imbued with deep regret and mistakes (' '...You were an island / And I passed you by' ' in the touching latter song) with lyrical melodies and guitar hooks that twinkle and sparkle ." Adrien Begrand of PopMatters wrote: "When the shimmering, pretty lead - off single' In My Place' represents the album's weakest moment, you know you've got something extraordinary . Currently storming the charts a la' Yellow',' In My Place' is another surprisingly simple song, carried by Jonny Buckland's chiming guitar and Chris Martin's heartfelt vocals . It really shouldn't amount to much, but Coldplay make it work very well . When Martin sings, "Please, please, please / Come back and sing to me," he totally sells it, and you buy it . And why not? The song's lovely . </P>

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