 He compared Lightbody and Coldplay's Chris Martin, saying Lightbody's lyrics are "finely-observed", whereas Martin prefers "scrubbed-up existential clichés".He further praised Lightbody, calling him a romantic, calling his words "sturdily poetic and subtly evocative".He felt credit was due to the band for avoiding the formula of "Run" and "Chasing Cars" on "A Hundred Million Suns".