The Magic of Coldplay: Awakening Through 42

There is something timeless about Coldplay. Beyond the anthems that fill stadiums and the melodies that echo across generations, there is a deeper energy—an invisible current—that the band has given to the world. Chris Martin once said the band will only produce twelve albums, aligning themselves with the mystical number of completion.

Moon Music -10th Album

With their latest project, Moon Music, we are reminded that Coldplay’s work has always been more than music—it has been creation itself, carried on sound waves, shaping hearts and consciousness.

Among their vast catalog, one track in particular from the fourth album stands apart: 42. This song is a haunting meditation on existence, consciousness, and the illusions that keep us bound.

“Those who are dead are not dead”

These words invite us to rethink the finality of death. Within the eternal field of awareness, nothing truly ends. Every incarnation, every self we have ever been, lives on in the great memory of consciousness. Even if forgotten, those fragments remain as whispers within us, part of the infinite layers of being. Death, then, is not an ending, but a veil—a passage between states of awareness.

“And since I fell for that spell, I am living there as well”

Here Coldplay names the spell we all know too well: the pull of materialism, of desire, of forgetting. This is not an external curse but an agreement we make with illusion. Each time we cling to the temporary, we anchor ourselves to the karmic wheel. We live trapped in our heads, looping through the same thoughts, repeating the same patterns. Liberation comes not from breaking the world’s spell, but from breaking our own.

"Christ Martin" - 33

The urgency of time

The song speaks of a narrow window—a fleeting chance to remember who we are before forgetfulness takes us again. Time is short. Consciousness is an ocean, and we can either sink into cycles of repetition or awaken to our true essence. 42 becomes not just a title, but a code. It signals the hidden truth that life is not a straight line, but a series of awakenings within an infinite dream.

“You didn’t get to heaven but you made it close”

This line captures the bittersweet struggle of the soul. Many of us awaken just enough to sense there is more beyond the material world, but we remain tethered to it. We brush against transcendence, yet still carry the weight of desire. It is progress, but not completion—proximity without full release.

A call to awaken

42 is not a song of despair, but of urgency. It reminds us that the time to awaken is now. This is the moment to pierce the illusion, to remember that something greater exists beyond the karmic cycle. Coldplay, through their music, has not only given us beauty—they have given us a map.

The magic of Coldplay lies in their ability to weave melody with meaning, to hide cosmic truths in plain sight. In 42, we hear not just a haunting song, but a call: awaken, remember, and step beyond the spell.

"Those who are dead are not dead

They're just living in my head

And since I fell for that spell

I am living there as well, oh

Time is so short and I'm sure

There must be something more

You thought you might be a ghost

You didn't get to Heaven, but you made it close"