Lead singer Chris Martin wrote it about the desire to "go back to the start" after a relationship falls apart.
Watch the official 4K music video to see the incredible reverse-motion performance that became a staple of music video history: Coldplay Nobody Said It Was Easy
The song isn't literally about a scientist; rather, it uses "science" as a for someone trying to apply logic and numbers to the messy, unpredictable nature of love. Lead singer Chris Martin wrote it about the
The music video is just as famous as the song itself for its . Coldplay Nobody Said It Was Easy
To make it look like he was singing while the world moved backward around him, Chris Martin had to learn to sing the entire song phonetically backward . This process reportedly took him a full month to master.