The Scientist by Coldplay is featured in The Break-Up, the fourth episode of Season Four. It is sung by Blaine, Brittany, Emma, Finn, Kurt, Rachel, Santana, and Will.
The performance begins in the auditorium after Finn and Rachel confront each other. Finn is the first to sing, followed in succession by Blaine, Santana, Kurt, Brittany, Will, Emma, and Rachel. Towards the end of the song, flashbacks appear: Finn and Rachel's first kiss in Showmance, Kurt and Blaine holding hands as they stroll through Dalton Academy in Never Been Kissed, and Santana and Brittany smiling in the episode Heart. The flashbacks conclude with Will and Emma kissing at the end of the episode Sectionals.
At the end of the song, the lights flash off and the camera zooms out, revealing that Finn has been singing the song by himself.
Lyrics[]
Finn:
Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Blaine:
Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Runnin' in circles
Comin' up tails
Heads on the science apart
Santana:
Nobody said it was easy
Blaine and Finn:
It’s such a shame for us to part
Santana:
Nobody said it was easy
Blaine and Finn:
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
Kurt:
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Brittany:
Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Emma and Will :
But tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, when I rush to the start
Finn and Rachel (with the Group):
Runnin' in circles
Chasin' our tails
Comin' back as we are
(Nobody said it was easy)
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
(Nobody said it was easy)
No one ever said it would be so hard
The Group (Rachel):
Aa-aa-ah (I'm goin' back to the start)
Nobody said it was easy
No, no, no, no (Yeah, oh woah)
Nobody said it was easy
No, no, no, no (Nobody said it was easy)
Nobody said it was easy
No, no, no, no (No, oh)
Rachel with the Group:
Nobody said it was easy
Trivia[]
- This song is similar in some ways to Fix You.
- Both songs are originally by Coldplay.
- Will sings in both of the songs.
- Both songs are sung due to a sad thing that has occurred in their respective episodes. A fight between Will and Emma is included both times.
- They both are the final songs of their episodes.
- After both, Glee went into a hiatus of several weeks.
- A photo of Emma singing this song can be seen in the episode Naked.
- This is the second and last song both Finn and Emma sing in at the same time, the first being Like a Virgin in The Power of Madonna.
Mistakes[]
- During the final full refrain of the song, when Rachel sings "Yeah...," Kurt is not moving his lips to sing 'No' like the rest of the group.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Coldplay - The Scientist
GLEE - The Scientist (Full Performance) HD
The Scientist - Glee HD Full Studio
Glee - Scientist (Acapella)