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Is It Any Wonder?    

The band consists of school friends Tom Chaplin (b. 8 March 1979, England; vocals/guitar) and Richard Hughes (b. 8 September 1975, England; drums), and Tim Rice-Oxley (b. 2 June 1976, England; piano).
Source: Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 2005) on the
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Before you look at the lyrics, we recommend that you double-click on any of the words that you do not understand in the table below, to see their meanings. All the words are in the song.

afraid    misery   
along    puzzle   
always    rhyme   
betrayed    stand   
cathedral    stranded   
feeling    tired   
fool    understand   
kingdom    uptight   
lonely    wonder   
lyric    wrong   

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1. Both the band’s progress and the way they are styled is a similar to Coldplay. True/False?

2. The band went back to London. True/False?

3. One of the original members of the band left because he felt they weren’t doing well enough. True/False?

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