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Snow Patrol — Run
Album: Final Straw
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Released: 2004
Length: 5:51
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I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, Light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder, louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
It makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbyes
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder, louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Slower, slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
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Good song but I am not loving the production on the vocals- very ASMR-ish on the vocals, it actually makes my skin crawl a bit. I guess it does establish a sense of intimacy at least. lol
Posted 7 months ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite songs ever!!
light up, light up!!!
Posted 8 months ago by Randy1cleo    [ Reply ]
Their best song by a country mile methinks. The disquieting intro, the soaring chorus, pop perfection. 
Posted 10 months ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
Just SO love this track!
Posted 10 months ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
Snow Patrol is brilliant. Suck it haters
Posted 10 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
simple but very enjoyable :)
Posted 1 year ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
I love 99% of the songs on
RP but so many times it's a long string of downers!  After an hour I want to put an exhaust pipe through my fucking heart! ...........
Posted 1 year ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
its the melody what makes it,  innit
Posted 2 years ago by murr69st335    [ Reply ]
This song makes me giggle
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 paloeguevo wrote:

Bands RP listeners hate just because they are popular:
Coldplay, U2, Dave Matthews, Snow Patrol
what am I missing?



Well, Snow Patrol are considered bad because they are bad. 
Posted 2 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
fuck the h8rs - this band is excellent… you know you can like pop and all other kinds of music too.
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Bands RP listeners hate just because they are popular:
Coldplay, U2, Dave Matthews, Snow Patrol
what am I missing?
Posted 2 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
Not quite my cup of tea.

Oh lawd, now the violins are coming..
Posted 2 years ago by Rantanplan    [ Reply ]
Leona Lewis took this rather plodding dirge and improved it immensely.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 jelgator wrote:
The chorus is kinda punk so I can see why the haters hate.  The guitars irritate their ears.

I love this song.  So nice.
 
No, guitars don't irritate our ears.  It's the plodding playing and inane lyrics that do.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Grayson wrote:

Yes, but quality treacle.  

 
Treacle has no quality other than treacle.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
The chorus is kinda punk so I can see why the haters hate.  The guitars irritate their ears.

I love this song.  So nice.
Posted 3 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 Duc1098 wrote:


Correct.  Pure treacle. 
 
Yes, but quality treacle.  

Posted 4 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 Atlantis wrote:
I used to think they were OK. Tolerable, but nothing I would want to own. The more and more I hear them, the more they annoy the hell out of me. Fake over-sentimental claptrap that tries too hard. Music by numbers purely to sell records in the mainstream and the opposite of art. There are many worse bands out there, but this is just regurgitated slush.
 

Correct.  Pure treacle. 
Posted 4 years ago by Duc1098    [ Reply ]
Skiied at a little Colorado hill named Ski Cooper years ago.  Some of the best top-to-bottom runs I've ever made.  That day included being dragged uphill by their Buckeye Platter for 100 yards, laughing uncontrollably until I could get my skis in position to pop up like a Weeble.

The tie-in with Snow Patrol?  Ski Cooper was the original home of the US Army's Tenth Mountain Division, and those guys are a genuine "Snow Patrol".
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 volnomad wrote:
Tried to like it but just can’t. Plodding and boring.
 

That's ok.  TETO
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:

The immortal Franz Klammer on his Gold Medal run - Innsbruck, 1972.
- Has absolutely nothing to do with this song, and that's good.


{#Crown}
 
That is funny.  Love Franz.  He was one of my heroes.    So Snow Patrol ...Run...I get it..at least Snow Run.
PS - Love the song.
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Tried to like it but just can’t. Plodding and boring.
Posted 5 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
Love this song.  Perfect match for my go-to running playlist.  
Posted 5 years ago by audone    [ Reply ]
Leona Lewis took this excellent composition and turned it into a most special vocal performance, winning the 2006 X Factor in Britain with it. It was outstanding.
Posted 5 years ago by macpeck    [ Reply ]
8→9 Today....and I fondly remember this as one of the new albums being featured on RP when I first logged on (under my former alias) way back in 2005.  Holy Shit BillG has been part of my life as long as my house has!!  Long Live RP and my house too!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 Prius wrote:
Simply beautiful! 9

 
10 now {#Bananajam}{#Drummer}
Posted 5 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
Excellent early morning karaoke in the office. Part of the perks of being the first one in. {#Roflol}
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I believe it was 1976.

 
Yup.  It was.

R.I.P. Bob Beattie 1933-2018
Posted 5 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:

The immortal Franz Klammer on his Gold Medal run - Innsbruck, 1972.
- Has absolutely nothing to do with this song, and that's good.

klammer
{#Crown}

 
I believe it was 1976.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 fyi2001 wrote:

The immortal Franz Klammer on his Gold Medal run - Innsbruck, 1972.
- Has absolutely nothing to do with this song, and that's good.

{#Crown}

 
Sorry, what?
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]

The immortal Franz Klammer on his Gold Medal run - Innsbruck, 1972.
- Has absolutely nothing to do with this song, and that's good.


{#Crown}
Posted 6 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
It is such a pleasure to hear the original instead of the monstrosity by Leona Lewis that we get on the radio here every godamned day ...
Posted 6 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Pathos detector overload!
Posted 6 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
Simply beautiful! 9
Posted 6 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
Part of me hates myself for the fact that I love this song so much. 9
Posted 6 years ago by jason:d    [ Reply ]
Holy drama Batman
Posted 6 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]
Well I remember my Ozzie mate Greg McM getting me well hip to this band, on the train to and fro work and in the bars of Setagaya-ku
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Complexity is simply overrated.

 
I suppose everyone gets something different out of music...it's what makes the world go around...it's art to be appreciated in different ways by many.
 
Posted 7 years ago by Delph    [ Reply ]
The first time I heard this song was they day after the passing of my beloved dog he was 151/2 years old. My husband and I were grieving the loss so bad. He was like our pet child. Hard to believe he is gone even now... it's been 6 months.

 I was looking to find a song that described how I was feeling about losing him. Somehow this song found me just by coincidence as I was looking up artists that I liked. I hadn't heard the song before and this version by Leona Lewis certainly tapped into my senses and I quickly identified with it as my song for Joe and my feelings of losing him.
 I would agree with some reviewers it is dark but I think it has a lot of emotion and meaning especially Leona Lewis's version of the song. I really like Snow Patrols version too it's a little more subdued and I connect to it deeply too. I personally love hearing the song.
 
Thanks Bill when I first heard the song played on RP a couple of weeks ago it brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my face and all the feelings I had for Joe well, it was like he was right there with me. I heard it again the other day on RP and I was so happy you still play it even after a few negative comments.

Thanks Bill for all the work you do to keep RP going you really are the"Best".
Sincerely Liz and Doug. {#Whistle}
Posted 7 years ago by Delph    [ Reply ]
 kojiroh wrote:
Not a shred of complexity or value. Whoever wrote this must've though, hey I like this melody, let me play this over and over without any change whatsoever for 4 minutes and 42 seconds and call it a song.

 
Complexity is simply overrated.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
it's not that it's bad but it's not that it's good
I could care less but there are some that have strong opinions about it
didn't hear it when it was new so I guess I'm missing it
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but Snow Patrol increasingly seem to be of a kind with Coldplay to me. Efficient, technically proficient, popular, yet lacking in emotion, with bland inoffensive lyrics. Sort of alternative pop by the numbers. Sad to say, I'm coming to think of both bands in the same light as Spandau Ballet and the other Yuprock bands of the 80s - the sort of music you could hear in the foyers of corporate buildings, or being listened to by Suits on their iPods.

 
Boy, Spandau Ballet?  That is a solid below the waist hit.  I agree though
Posted 7 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
 Lemonhead wrote:
I want to hate it but I can't
Great tune.{#Music} 

 
I'll hate it for you  (its super sucko-barfo)
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I want to hate it but I can't
Great tune.{#Music} 
Posted 8 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
It's pretty darn good!!
Posted 8 years ago by laf1361    [ Reply ]
Self-righteous, pretentious, mind-numbingly boring twaddle. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qsbD6H5u4
Posted 8 years ago by ncarus    [ Reply ]
Come on everyone, break out the smart phones, turn on the flashlight and wave them over your heads. You know you
want to do it. You just do.  

Light up, light up as if you have a choice. Cause you do not.  
Posted 8 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
Nice! I
Posted 8 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Not a shred of complexity or value. Whoever wrote this must've though, hey I like this melody, let me play this over and over without any change whatsoever for 4 minutes and 42 seconds and call it a song.
Posted 8 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
Boring!
Posted 8 years ago by BenMH    [ Reply ]
Cloying.
Posted 8 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
I just think it depends on your mood... this one hit my soft spot this morning. Quite likeable.
Posted 9 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
Terribly boring....
Posted 9 years ago by itstamzin    [ Reply ]
this song is abysmally bad... {#Eyes}
Posted 9 years ago by adpucci    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Perhaps I'm being unfair, …
 
No, not unfair…a fair assessment, I'd say.
Posted 9 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Heartbreaking...haunting....here's to my Lost Love. 
Posted 9 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but Snow Patrol increasingly seem to be of a kind with Coldplay to me. Efficient, technically proficient, popular, yet lacking in emotion, with bland inoffensive lyrics. Sort of alternative pop by the numbers. Sad to say, I'm coming to think of both bands in the same light as Spandau Ballet and the other Yuprock bands of the 80s - the sort of music you could hear in the foyers of corporate buildings, or being listened to by Suits on their iPods.
 
...or in good movies!? Not a bad thing, i guess....
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Seriously sounds like someone listened to a lot of Disintegration from the Cure before writing this song (the beginning anyways).  
{#Naughty}  Then, of course, the rest just sounds like something crappy and Coldplayish.
Posted 9 years ago by LorraineV1    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but Snow Patrol increasingly seem to be of a kind with Coldplay to me. Efficient, technically proficient, popular, yet lacking in emotion, with bland inoffensive lyrics. Sort of alternative pop by the numbers. Sad to say, I'm coming to think of both bands in the same light as Spandau Ballet and the other Yuprock bands of the 80s - the sort of music you could hear in the foyers of corporate buildings, or being listened to by Suits on their iPods.

 
That is harsh. ....  but funny, 

Coldplay is better than Snow Patrol.  Just my opinion.   
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
8 ↑ 9.  Top stuff
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Nice
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Posted 9 years ago by tiler    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
a plodding along, nice - simple song, with a little guy with near perfect timing {#Dancingbanana}....that sums up the comments mostly, and I concur. I'll up the ante and say I can completely do without this one.

 

Posted 9 years ago by tiler    [ Reply ]
je découvre de France,
Agréablement surpris
très bon 
Posted 9 years ago by jjl    [ Reply ]
How only 6.9..   this aint the leona lewis version ;)
Posted 9 years ago by ccvampyre    [ Reply ]
a plodding along, nice - simple song, with a little guy with near perfect timing {#Dancingbanana}....that sums up the comments mostly, and I concur. I'll up the ante and say I can completely do without this one.
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Best song I know these days... i know it is rather simple composed and texted. But anyway.
Posted 10 years ago by Ravane    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Eek} .... PSD time
  Wow Peter you surprise me!


Posted 10 years ago by Lauriea    [ Reply ]
 shakitten wrote:
Back in 2005, I lost two of my kittens. Callie went first...she had a stroke, and it broke my heart to say goodbye.

After we put her down, this song seemed to be everywhere. I could hear her in the song, giving me a message to not grieve and that she was okay.

Four months later, after not hearing Run for a couple of months, I heard it again everywhere. I had been suspecting that my beloved Bobbie Cat was having health issues, but I ignored it since Callie's death affected me so strongly. But the song would be played out of nowhere...RP, Clear Channel...and I felt like Callie was trying to reach me about something. I clung to Bobbie, but I finally had to realize that he was in pain. A trip to the vet showed a liver full of tumors. I had to say goodbye a second time in five months to a furry loved one.

And Bobbie...Bobbie...
Parents aren't supposed to have favorites, but Bobbie was in another category. He just was. I mourned him, a goofy, smelly cat, for two years before I could think of him and not cry.

After Bobbie left, SP's Run seemed to have disappeared. It was just gone from the airwaves. I think Callie used it to comfort me, and then she told me that she would be waiting for Bobbie to take him home. And then they were gone, just like that.

I hadn't heard Run after that for a while. Then, this past October, I heard it three times in a week. I thought this was odd. But the next week my ex called me to tell me that our little Chili had passed at a healthy 16 years old. She just curled up and fell asleep after having a day of being affectionate and playful. She was the last of the three, and went happily on her own terms. Good for her!

I think Callie told me that she'd be there for Chili, just like she was for Bobbie. I really think so. And now tonight, as I listen to this song, I smile with wet eyes as I hear my precious fuzzy ones say hello to me and tell me that, somewhere, they're all together. And maybe, when it's my time, my fuzzy babies will come to take me home, too.

And that's just fine by me.

 
My Rocket recently passed at 16. I had a Siamese named Sam, as a kid, who passed at 16.  Two of the great loves of my life....
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
It is a nice song, but it has been played too much in RP ...
Posted 10 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
This was the only SP CD i ever bought and i have to admit this song is pretty good....i give them props for this one even though normally i need a barf bucket when they come on
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but Snow Patrol increasingly seem to be of a kind with Coldplay to me. Efficient, technically proficient, popular, yet lacking in emotion, with bland inoffensive lyrics. Sort of alternative pop by the numbers. Sad to say, I'm coming to think of both bands in the same light as Spandau Ballet and the other Yuprock bands of the 80s - the sort of music you could hear in the foyers of corporate buildings, or being listened to by Suits on their iPods.

 
Correct.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I'm always mixed on Snow Patrol. Sometimes the music feels solid and powerful, but sometimes it does feel a bit plodding. Seems to depend on my mood.
Posted 10 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but Snow Patrol increasingly seem to be of a kind with Coldplay to me. Efficient, technically proficient, popular, yet lacking in emotion, with bland inoffensive lyrics. Sort of alternative pop by the numbers. Sad to say, I'm coming to think of both bands in the same light as Spandau Ballet and the other Yuprock bands of the 80s - the sort of music you could hear in the foyers of corporate buildings, or being listened to by Suits on their iPods.
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Plodding

 Fine line between purposeful and plodding. Kinda like that one between clever and stupid. :-)  I dig SP.


Posted 10 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
 brucej76 wrote:
and I still think Elbow should do this song, I think it would be a much better version...

 
Great Idea!
Posted 10 years ago by LeftShoe    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Plodding

 
Well, it's no Arcade Fire! That's for sure. You want plodding they'll give it to you to the point that you can't continue to listen.
Posted 10 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
Oh, stop yer whining!
Posted 10 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Plodding
 
Disagree.  I'd call this ponderous.
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}
Posted 10 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
"Even if you can't hear my voice ..."

That might be a good idea this morning, sir.  Perhaps another time, OK?
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Still is one of my favourite songs ever.
Posted 10 years ago by nocas_miranda    [ Reply ]
and I still think Elbow should do this song, I think it would be a much better version...
Posted 11 years ago by brucej76    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Plodding
 
Plodding?!! 
I think it depends on your mood.  Right now, I need to reach for my hi fi headphones.  One of the best songs that I have heard in a while{#Bananajam} 
Posted 11 years ago by brucej76    [ Reply ]
Plodding
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Maybe it's me today but this just blows......
Posted 11 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
....fully repetitive, painfully repetitive, painfully repetitive, painfully repetitive, pain...... -> 3
Posted 11 years ago by mosikir    [ Reply ]
this is one of the few boring songs on RP - luckily it's the first day of spring and I'm in a good mood -> 3
Posted 11 years ago by Catecaneverall    [ Reply ]
 Ngoziman wrote:
Thank you, B&R - two of my uploads in succession; this and Endlessly by Muse. Glad you're still enjoying them.
 
still the same combo works tonight - so thank you again - 2 good tracks from good bands (well Muse were a good band...)
Posted 11 years ago by Charlie_rijsel    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
Wow I've never heard anybody making the suggestion to light up sound like such a bad idea.
 
Maybe something to the companion lyric: "Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear."  I'll presume the singer and you (and Traffic) have different interpretations of the phrase.

(If I missed the sarcasm in your post, please forgive.  Sarcasm and cynicism don't always come through clearly in written form) 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Wow I've never heard anybody making the suggestion to light up sound like such a bad idea.
Posted 11 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
{#Crashcomp}
Posted 11 years ago by leap    [ Reply ]
Thank you, B&R - two of my uploads in succession; this and Endlessly by Muse. Glad you're still enjoying them.

Posted 11 years ago by Ngoziman    [ Reply ]
 ncarus wrote:
 There. I've got it out of my system. And don't start me on Florence and her pathetic Machine please! I'm off to listen to The Enid for a 9/8 fix.
 
Your 9/8 fix? Oh my  - aren't you special. It was starting to stink in here - hope you're still off keeping company with other musical snobs.
Posted 11 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
the one and only SP song I like
Posted 11 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
I hate to admit it but I kind of like Leona Lewis' cover of this track better than the original SP version. 
Posted 11 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
Thank you for this nice song!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
wow, profound album title.. lotta thought there
Posted 11 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]
 ncarus wrote:
OK - I don't own any SP material - and nor do I want to based on the air-play I hear across the board. As commented previously, each track is built on tedious 4/4 repetitions, with boring guitar rhythms, and equally tedious, monotonous vocals. Same to be said of Coldplay. Utter shite!  Why they're as popular as they are, only speaks volumes for the simplistic and uneducated tastes of the popular masses. There. I've got it out of my system. And don't start me on Florence and her pathetic Machine please! I'm off to listen to The Enid for a 9/8 fix.
 
I'm content to let the incisive, insightful commentary from this passionate young man speak for itself. OTOH, I repeat—I have never heard a bad song on Radio Paradise.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 ncarus wrote:
OK - I don't own any SP material - and nor do I want to based on the air-play I hear across the board. As commented previously, each track is built on tedious 4/4 repetitions, with boring guitar rhythms, and equally tedious, monotonous vocals. Same to be said of Coldplay. Utter shite!  Why they're as popular as they are, only speaks volumes for the simplistic and uneducated tastes of the popular masses. There. I've got it out of my system. And don't start me on Florence and her pathetic Machine please! I'm off to listen to The Enid for a 9/8 fix.
 
Amen.


Posted 11 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
snow patrol? whats next. katy perry? ;-)
Posted 11 years ago by leechi    [ Reply ]
OK - I don't own any SP material - and nor do I want to based on the air-play I hear across the board. As commented previously, each track is built on tedious 4/4 repetitions, with boring guitar rhythms, and equally tedious, monotonous vocals. Same to be said of Coldplay. Utter shite!  Why they're as popular as they are, only speaks volumes for the simplistic and uneducated tastes of the popular masses. There. I've got it out of my system. And don't start me on Florence and her pathetic Machine please! I'm off to listen to The Enid for a 9/8 fix.
Posted 11 years ago by ncarus    [ Reply ]
 lee_sf wrote:
I have nothing against SP generally, but this song is just tedious, in all respects. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk-…  I must be missing something.
 

Actually you hit it right on the head.
Agree.
Posted 11 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
 SparkyMarky wrote:
WOW! this song has got the best discussions for some reason. Now...why would a democratic ME be 'a good thing' as you say. After all the planet survived for 2 millenia without much democracy, and now in 100 years of it one might argue it's in a worse mess than ever.
 
I have read some pretty frightening and breath-takingly crazy things in my day, but this one just might top the list.   I really don't know why I bother.  {#Rolleyes}  We are headed for a fucking fiery crash and you and your cronies have your foot pressed hard on the pedal.  Just please don't take me down with you.  I like life.


Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I had forgotten that Snow Patrol used to be good
Posted 12 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
Back in 2005, I lost two of my kittens. Callie went first...she had a stroke, and it broke my heart to say goodbye.

After we put her down, this song seemed to be everywhere. I could hear her in the song, giving me a message to not grieve and that she was okay.

Four months later, after not hearing Run for a couple of months, I heard it again everywhere. I had been suspecting that my beloved Bobbie Cat was having health issues, but I ignored it since Callie's death affected me so strongly. But the song would be played out of nowhere...RP, Clear Channel...and I felt like Callie was trying to reach me about something. I clung to Bobbie, but I finally had to realize that he was in pain. A trip to the vet showed a liver full of tumors. I had to say goodbye a second time in five months to a furry loved one.

And Bobbie...Bobbie...
Parents aren't supposed to have favorites, but Bobbie was in another category. He just was. I mourned him, a goofy, smelly cat, for two years before I could think of him and not cry.

After Bobbie left, SP's Run seemed to have disappeared. It was just gone from the airwaves. I think Callie used it to comfort me, and then she told me that she would be waiting for Bobbie to take him home. And then they were gone, just like that.

I hadn't heard Run after that for a while. Then, this past October, I heard it three times in a week. I thought this was odd. But the next week my ex called me to tell me that our little Chili had passed at a healthy 16 years old. She just curled up and fell asleep after having a day of being affectionate and playful. She was the last of the three, and went happily on her own terms. Good for her!

I think Callie told me that she'd be there for Chili, just like she was for Bobbie. I really think so. And now tonight, as I listen to this song, I smile with wet eyes as I hear my precious fuzzy ones say hello to me and tell me that, somewhere, they're all together. And maybe, when it's my time, my fuzzy babies will come to take me home, too.

And that's just fine by me.
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
I have nothing against SP generally, but this song is just tedious, in all respects. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk-…  I must be missing something.
Posted 12 years ago by lee_sf    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Love this song.  Every time I hear it I like it more
Posted 12 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
 raindogt00 wrote:
Sounds like they're channeling U2 (and "channeling" is the polite term).
 
Which U2 song - exactly - are they channelling?  The melody and chords are those of traditional folk-music. 
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Probably the only SP song I don't care for much, because of the way he sings the lyrics - sounds like he's pursing his lips; very odd. Although he clears it up in the chorus for some reason.
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
I loved this song and I've never seen them live, but I've seen video of them performing before a live audience and it's transcendentally gorgeous.
Posted 12 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
Love the sweeping, layered chorus.

 
Posted 12 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
this. doesn't. suck.
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Starts out wanting to be "Dandy Warhols" (who could blame them?), ends up really wimpy Snow Patrol.  Downgrade to 5-
Posted 12 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
When I hear this song I'm reminded of the day my 22 year old son came into my house and said I should check this band out.Before that he was listening to a lot of crap(I mean rap).I'm happy and proud sharing musical tastes with my kids......something I couldn't do with my parents.I think a lot of us "boomers" share this generational gift.
Posted 12 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Elliot wrote:
Still just about the only song on RP that makes me reach for the mute button. And it just got downgraded from a 2 to a 1. Poor little guy :( 

 
What a chump—-U-R.

Posted 13 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
I really like this song, great tune :)
Posted 13 years ago by flapser    [ Reply ]
Nice tune, but they lose points for the obnoxious Auto-tune on the vocal...

Posted 13 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]