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    December, 2008

    Run, Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

    If I lay here
    If I just lay here
    Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

    Snow Patrol, same as The Clarks, were founded in university and started by performing gigs at the university and surrounding pubs. Just reviewed their biography and it reminded me of another famous Chinese band Beyond: In music career, talents and potentials are never scarce resource but good luck and timing. Allow me to say, talent is never the only factor to determine a person's success but continuous effort. Indeed, how many people got talents but failed eventually by giving up?

    What is talent and how important it is??? We're virtually the same creature, but it’s our attempt to be different makes us so unique, and it's our endless attempt against all failures turn us to be a successful person in the end. This could be further from Qibaishi' experience: Qibaishi, a remarkable and unsurpassable printer in drawing shrimp, have been printing for all his life but his drawing talent were only acknowledged by the public in the last few years of his life.


    When the life goal or whatever target is set, just go ahead no matter what happens. This is what I learnt from Snow Patrol: Founded in 1994, but only got their career breakthrough in 2003. And I recalled how Mayun, the CEO of the most successful marketplace site Alibaba, addressed his opinion towards failure and success: Success is far from reach, so I just prepare myself to fail everyday. Hahaha...This idea really hits me: Don't be bothered by the results before you try to do anything, just do all that you can.  

    Snow Patrol has been under financial pressure in their early years, and the leading vocalist has once sold his CD collection to pay for his rent. My best friend Wendy dropped by and spent the last weekend with me due to the government servant exam on Dec 28th. Wendy cooked very delicious soup for me and we listened Lenka’s song “Trouble is a friend” together. Wendy is compatible to everyone because she has a good personality and a kind heart. I can’t figure out why she can’t find a desirable job and being unemployed. Having been through some difficulties in our lives, I told her now we have a better understanding of hardship. My friend, I hope you’ll be good forever…

     

    Alright, back to music. My favorite Snow Patrol songs are “Run” and “Chasing Cars”. I love how Gary Lightbody, the leading vocalist, does to these 2 songs and I love the lyrics and the music. The lyrics are pretty neat and the music just gorgeous. You’ll find yourself almost melt in the music and you probably will cry if you understand what the lyrics are talking about. I have to say these 2 songs are the most frequently played songs of alternative music on my computer. Actually, the other songs like “ All we are”, “You’re all I have”, “Open your eyes” and “Signal Fire” are also not bad tough. Try~~~~~~

    Run

    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

    Anyway from here

     

    Chasing Cars

    We'll do it all

    Everything

    On our own

     

    We don't need

    Anything

    Or anyone

     

    If I lay here

    If I just lay here

    Would you lie with me and just forget the world? (Can you actually find somebody connected to your heart and willing to take the venture with you?)

    (Gary Lightbody, a lot of girls are madly in love with this vocalist, haha. Looks so cool on the stage
     

     

      

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