Fix You - Coldplay - piano string quartet cover

This is an arrangement that I did for my wedding. Sorry to make you watch a boring wedding video, and unfortunately the optimal angle for the ceremony left the string quartet and piano out of the shot. I just thought that keeping the video was better than a blank screen. You can almost see the cellist though!

I arranged or composed all of the music for my wedding, which was a big goal of mine. I was lucky to get really top notch musicians as well (the pianist was 2nd or 3rd in the Van Cliburn, and the cellist is my good friend Buffi Jacobs who plays with the Polyphonic Spree!) .

Fix You is a special song for me. Chris Martin wrote it for his wife Gwyneth Paltrow after her father passed away. He had also bought her an old keyboard that inspired the sound Chris used in the opening of the song.

The reason this song really touches me is because my mother passed away from breast cancer a year before I got married, and my grandmother also lost her battle with cancer a year before that. That was a sadness I knew I couldn't get away from during the ceremony, so I decided to embrace those feelings, and dedicate this song to their memory at the same time. The lyrics are some of the most heartfelt and meaningful I have ever heard, and this is one of the rare songs that can make me cry pretty easily. It just articulates the emotions and feelings involved in losing a loved one so eloquently and compassionately, I have to think that Chris Martin has also lost someone close to him as well.

It was a joyful day tinged with a lot of sadness for me, but hearing this song and using it as a conduit for my feelings really helped me feel better about it, and I know my mom would have loved it.

Lyrics:

"When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you"

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[FolstrimHori]

Amazing, same for the FF arrangement

[SeanUNT]

Thanks FolstrimHori, glad you liked it. Subscribe if you like, I have more on the way!

[CDFraser9]

Whoever flagged my last comment needs to kill themselves. This is good shit!

[SeanUNT]

I think I might have accidentally done that CD, sorry man, haha. Then I deleted it because it wouldn't let me undo. Thanks for the compliment though!

[Herrijt]

beautiful arrangement - thanks for the video.

[SeanUNT]

You're welcome Herrijt, thanks for watching it. This song is just beauty to begin with. Subscribe if you'd like to see more!

[CoreyWilliamGreyfox]

I'm not gonna lie to you... that made me burst out in tears. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful arrangement!

[bpshenk]

your reasoning for having this played is very touching.... Love the Fact that you have played Prelude and Prologue too!!! Wanted to steal that but My Fiance won't let me... pachelbel or bust i guess.

[sammieA100]

please can i have the sheet music for this

[firelord555]

Oh man, I am so playing this song at my wedding.

[molee16]

absolutely LOVE this. so beautiful. im planning on having this song in my wedding too, any chance i could get a copy of your sheet music?

[MsBeanie33]

I just got goosebumps. This is amazing.

[brodie4148]

I am so impressed.. I would have been balling before the service even started!

[jimbobjoejoe777777]

bravo !! splendid,,thanks for the vid and the tune,,and thanks for letting me come to your wedding !! lol..hope yous will be very happy together and the best of luck from ireland..cheers..

[summerfest120]

AMAZING!!!!

[nogood496]

Beautiful arrangement and like themrsrmb, I'd love to get a copy of your arrangement for a wedding we're playing soon. thanks

[falkirkbairn2007]

this song is very emotional as i also lost a close friend,hearing it played on strings brought on tears but also a warmth that lets me know they are still around me!

thankyou.