Snow Patrol - A Youth Written In Fire (Official Video)

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Lyrics
Remember the first time we got high
We felt like the rampart lion's roar
We were elastic and then we were healed
Healed in the blinking of an eye
And then when the dawn cracked over us
The day wouldn't hit us hard at all
We could ride the morning into night again
We knew the days were there to waste
But these days
That light hit so heavy
And those days
Feel like another life
This isn't like the first time anymore
And I've been chasing that too long
Digging for the lost memories
Of a youth written in fire
You've always said it's not too late for me
Well I sure am listening to you now
Believe in me so I can trust myself
'Cause there's a first time for that too
Remember the first time that we kissed - It felt like a planet forming
Though we were just novices at this - It felt like an ancient wisdom
There was lightning then and those songs were all proved true
No wonder I still think so much about you
But these days
My heart feels too heavy
And those days
Are someone else's life
This isn't like the first time anymore
And I've been chasing that too long
Digging for the lost memories
Of a youth written in fire
You've always said it's not too late for me
Well I sure am listening to you now
Believe in me so I can trust myself
'Cause there's a first time for that too
#SnowPatrol

[@JDNboy12]

This song is CRIMINALLY underrated

[@somethingbiffy4017]

This band is CRIMINALLY underrated.

[@rodrigojorgec]

i dont know why

[@rosstaylor4049]

I know right?! So good

[@ruthorrell9605]

I know isn’t it amazing

[@ruthorrell9605]

Yeah agree. And ‘soon’. And more. I think they’re known for chasing cars etc - also fab but these gems aren’t so known about. Amazing.

[@Grateful_Acres]

I get the impression that our Gary was saving himself by writing this album....he took me with him in the rescue. I am forever grateful. 🙏

[@rockisntdead3580]

First listened to this album when I was drinking myself to death, I heard this song one morning in the car, hungover, emotional. It brought me to tears, I knew exactly what he was singing about and later found he had been through the same. I'm getting better now.

[@rodrigojorgec]

hahaha something similar happened to me!

[@laselenne8682]

Hope you sober now ❤

[@rossanaguillen1230]

How are you today? Lots of love :3

[@wkseamans]

There are a lot of brilliant tracks on this album, but I seem to keep coming back to this one. It is easily my favorite from the album.

[@alirezaostaditorghabeh548]

Unlike most of bands these days... they are getting better and better and better, I recently watched them playing live and they nailed it Snowpatrol for ever🤘👌

[@ruthorrell9605]

Same saw them in 2020. Amazing.

[@violagirl719]

The entire album is absolutely brilliant, but this is the song that's haunting me and getting under my skin. I can't even put into words how incredible it is, and this video suits it so perfectly. Singing in a dark room, getting just a little brighter as time passes... it gives me chills. It feels like he's acknowledging the darkness, and the journey we go through as we grow and learn and move into the light. I cannot get enough of this song. I hope Snow Patrol knows how exceptional they are, and how much their fans appreciate them.

[@ryanmichael8089]

Your words are as deep as his. I think you should write. You must write

[@belindi25]

OMG i feel the same way about this song!!! i was suprised that it didnt get as many views as some of the others

[@heatherfarnum775]

violagirl719 I so agree. Fabulous.

[@toevlierpanosh6392]

cringy af

[@Komtraya]

that´s awesome

[@jadedhero1331]

I must have listened to this song 30 times today. I cried for the first time since 2006. “But these days my heart feels too heavy, and those days are someone else’s life.” Some times it’s ok to not be ok.

[@rdually]

This album is a masterpiece

[@IT-df9eo]

How does this not have millions of views ? What are people doing... ? This album is just so raw and emotionally charged. Loving every song and video! Thank you Snow Patrol. Don’t make us wait for another 7 years.

[@suesjoy]

Because they aren’t top 40 crap pop!

[@jamesbuxterd5683]

@@mikerusso703 snow patrol started at 1994 but with named polarbear. after on 1997 started again with the name snow patrol with songs for polarbears their first album.

[@mikerusso703]

@@jamesbuxterd5683 yes..I was wrong..they are great and original...so many ripoffs out there I thought they were one of them... Thx guys...I'll delete my comments..

[@jamesbuxterd5683]

@@mikerusso703 no problem bro. everybody makes mistakes

[@tinamarief51]

This is a track from Wildness, Snow Patrol's follow-up to 2011's Fallen Empires. The record was made with Garret "Jacknife" Lee - Snow Patrol's producer since 2003. Released on May 25, 2018, its delay was in part because the band's singer Gary Lightbody had a bout of writer's block. The breakthrough came when one day in the studio, Lightbody was trying to write a song and Lee put on Nick Cave's "Jesus Alone," an anguished prayer to a dead child from a grieving father. Lightbody told The Sun: "It set me into a trance and that's where A Youth Written In Fire came from. It was the song that allowed me to find my way into the album."

[@trumpetsharps4496]

Well shared, thank you.

[@aleli91702]

Oh Gary, if you knew how much this song breaks my heart, then again, you do know.

[@purestyle8857]

This album is the perfect Snow Patrol album. It’s a really mature, honed sound they’ve captured. It’s like their career has been building to this moment.

[@vladmomot5058]

Couldn't have agreed more. I'm honestly as amazed as I was with Tom Chaplin's "The Wave" last year, maybe even more so 'cause there's even more contrast.

[@purestyle8857]

Vlad Momot I adore Keane/Tom Chaplin! It’s less flashy and impressive but has a certain depth and complexity to it that most "pop" songs don’t.

[@adelheid403]

No! They have always captured that; times change. This is a brilliant album, but so were there other 6! Snow Patrol saw me thought the worst, and best, that life throws. Don't define them by this album please :-(

[@adelheid403]

their other 6...

[@rodrigojorgec]

agree

[@tinamarief51]

I can't stop playing this entire album!!! It should have millions of views.. its' not like the old days when a great band released a new album rock radio would play it for the world, now we have to hear from other people or word of mouth. Too bad, people are missing a great record.

[@ballinr1]

Oh my god, this is their peak tune! After all these years, this is the one! Wow! Talk about resonates, Jesus. Welcome back you beauts

[@rochey1010]

The whole album is perfect. It's the first time in a really long time that i don't want to skip any song. It's a really raw, emotional and honest album, and Snow Patrol need to give themselves a standing ovation because i didn't know how much i needed this album until i listened to it.

[@videosmary]

Best song on the new album

[@rodrigojorgec]

maybe, I also liked life on earth

[@mikerusso703]

WITIATLYEG

[@dijas9974]

Its so good to see Gary back. Snow Patrol never disapoints

[@anobodyreally6849]

Ur music is everything

[@PlinyTheYounger333]

This song is painfully underrated! I love you guys! I love this song

[@who6503]

for me this is the best song of album !!!!!!!

[@ewoudderijk]

The first sound kicks in and I am sold.

[@MrLianapanda]

This song takes me to a different world! Such an amazing album!

[@TheDumontShow]

Definitely their best since Final Straw. Gawd, that album was a masterpiece in alt rock. Near flawless. This album reminds me of it. The sounds of a lot of the records brings me back to that. But this song right here is arguably the heavyweight of the album ( but that can be said about Empress, Wild Horses and Heal Me) I literally played this song a whopping 33 times and it never got old. I am not sure if I would have done the video for this song like that. But the video is still good

[@mikerusso703]

This song is just ok

[@ruthorrell9605]

And soon amazing track too

[@lillu2491]

Snow Partrol and Florence and the Machine releasing music has done much good for my soul.

[@Ned-Ryerson]

Funny. I love Snow Patrol, but have always been irked by Florence... Must be the woman.

[@sharpz44]

First song he wrote in a long time and then the album,,,amazing band

[@bevoberts1184]

Haven’t listened to an album so much just can’t stop 😍

[@byronj6612]

Gary stated this as his favourite from the album on Instagram live last night, I truly love it and the rest of them, can’t quite call it my favourite snow patrol album yet, gotta listen to it a few hundred more times

[@marvinlewis2144]

Byron J hundred million suns.is mine.but like this so far.if there's a rocket tie me to it.

[@RobertMcConnellPlus]

I think I have 3 Full Houses and only 5 Cards. How did that happen?

[@TheDumontShow]

I remember I played this song on repeat 9 times one night during the summer. That was ridiculous. That chorus is fantastic. Especially on the second chorus where the guitar riffs are so pronounced. Wailing. Such sadness. This album is definitely better than Falling Empires

[@jamesbuxterd5683]

wildness is so fucking good album but I prefer final straw

[@pedrocarreto4846]

I just made a road trip with the new album, and this song was really amazing along the road.

[@sillidill5227]

Coast? Highway by night?

[@i.nedelcheva697]

This song is beautiful. The lyrics, the melody, the video - beautiful. Thank you so much, Snow Patrol. Thanks for playing music with feelings.

[@olivercabey2874]

just a great great record, Snow Patrol really can churn out wonderfully crafted tunes like very few bands can do,, supremely talented guys

[@awakeningnavigator3895]

This song goes so deep into the mind.I find it to be a cure.

[@aleisayeah6779]

I love this song

[@OkenWS]

That third verse, man. Snow Patrol healed a huge hole in my heart years ago with the beautiful lyrics of The Garden Rules, but I always felt wrong that I needed healing - that third verse, and this song, somehow explains it to me. No wonder I still think about that particular person - it's a connection to my youth.

[@lenanoldor6789]

I feel the same and I would like to know what to do about that, because thinking about that person hurts me

[@OkenWS]

@@lenanoldor6789 unless they did something to you, just be happy that it happened and enjoy the memories.

[@EJMM5]

These guys have something special about them and their music.

[@joviquelpugay7411]

SP is such a beautiful band. Love evry bit of the stuff coming out. Wildness is definitely wild ❄❄❄

[@dennydarrington7792]

one of the best bands love them....

[@Gamer253guy]

Damn missed his singing voice so much, I'm actually happy to hear snow patrol is back and alive in action.

[@evieturner1]

LOVE THE ALBUM

[@jonnyringo7013]

listening to the new album on spotify now..it is pure gold. This song is amazing.

[@archiesicat7161]

Definitely the best boy band in the world. Goodbye Maroon Five, Simple Plan, and Cold Play. Your days are numbered.

[@marcbrockmann3360]

This songs is amazing. Deep lyrics great sounds. My favourite on the Wildness album.

[@aleksander8497]

love this band

[@daytimehigh]

It’s epic how this song is so honest - and some people listening to it are touched by this hopeful song - “You always said it's not too late for me I sure am listening to you now Leaving me so I can trust myself 'Cause there's a first time for that too” - awesome Gary! awesome snow patrol! delighted you’re back with an album that’s a gem!

[@toevlierpanosh6392]

I absolutely love the sort of warping and destorted noises in this

[@Vampire.Vegan.]

Garret Lee is a genius.

[@dzing74]

Every song on the album is a masterpiece

[@zhenxiangsun939]

Fans from China send love to this song.

[@Rushaddict11]

Magnificent !!!!

[@gracenora6889]

I really, really missed your voice and performances. Finally, thank God you are back. Fighting, Snow Patrol!

[@BattlingOwnWar]

This is heartfelt magic to my ears

[@ziemstream]

Nathan's favourite track on Wildness

[@YogeshBanyal]

Remember the first time we got high We felt like the rabid lion's roar We were elastic and then we were healed Healed in the blinking of an eye And then when the dawn cracked over us The day wouldn't hit us hard at all We could ride the morning into night again We knew the days were there to waste But these days That light hit so heavy And those days Feel like another life This isn't like the first time anymore And I've been chasing after all Digging for the lost memories Of our youth written in fire You always said it's not too late for me I sure am listening to you now Leaving me so I can trust myself 'Cause there's a first time for that too Remember the first time that we kissed It felt like a planet forming But we were just novices at this It felt like an ancient wisdom There was lightning then and those Songs were almost true No wonder I still think so much about you But these days My heart feels too heavy And those days Are someone else's life This isn't like the first time anymore And I've been chasing after all Digging for the lost memories Of our youth written in fire You always said it's not too late for me I sure am listening to you now Leaving me so I can trust myself 'Cause there's a first time for that too

[@gyferreira8797]

Yogesh Banyal Thanks

[@saptamitamajumder2464]

Songs were all but true

[@oanaveres9934]

Thank you!

[@ragamuffinragamuffin3365]

"And i've been chasing that too long"*

[@orangetee5]

'...Cause there is a first time for that too ' :)

[@ClaraBowInThisLight]

I love this song so much. It’s different, it’s haunting, And it really sticks around. They didn’t play this on their tour or at least the Portland leg of it which is too bad because this song is tremendously underrated.

[@ruthorrell9605]

You can imagine it on stranger things or something can’t you. Superb.

[@bobbievasco6915]

Amazing Gary lightbody I love you

[@sararussenberger8469]

I couldn't be more grateful that I'm awake at nearly 3am right now. It's been the worst day. I needed this. Thank you for being there, even though you had no idea you were.

[@come2arjun8]

the reason I am here is to find honest comments like these that I couldn't dare to type myself and briefly feel good reading hell yes more, please.

[@urszzz]

hope you are fine.

[@sararussenberger8469]

urszzz I am. Thank you! You're a good person.

[@urszzzvanderheijden9514]

@Sara Life can be tough, music heals as well people reaching out.The world these days is so hectic & lots of people are so busy with themselves that they forget to reach out to people who need it... it doesn't has to be a huge thing sometimes just a few words , a listening ear or a hug, to let them know somebody does care ,is doing it for those who need it❤

[@nancylacey5047]

i feel bad for you that you had a bad day

[@michaelwright2270]

I totally agree,totally underrated, the whole album gets better every time you hear it.this band is seriously good and I love the writing of each song,just seems these middle 8 lines they write come so naturally.superb guys.👍👍

[@gusgormley9651]

I'm not sure why this album didn't have an impact on the wider audience, brilliant piece of work!

[@simonriches77]

Incredible song.

[@gbomify]

My favorite song from the album 😊

[@theluismonsalveproject]

the song is a world hit. Awesome

[@videodamatrice2702]

Then again magical melody and a warm and mysterious music video ! they're getting better each and every time.

[@stephenanderson6670]

just as you get low..... life gets high....... life is a yoyo..... days seem to yoyo life just hoola`s along

[@Jleet7too]

I was hooked 3 seconds after I pressed play......I'm a music hussy and I'm proud of it.

[@RobertMcConnellPlus]

I LOVE YOU!

[@spade5752]

This song sums up my whole life ❤️

[@usha4345]

Please never leave us again ! X

[@sharonmcginney9895]

Love love this song xxx

[@virginiamagnolia]

I’ve been listening to the album over and over today. it’s fantastic. So proud of these guys

[@Grateful_Acres]

This album pulled me out of the depths. Gary and the lads.... hands directed.... thank you Boys! Wildness indeed.

[@samicla3610]

Played daily in this house💖💖

[@edgarurielsfloressanchez6189]

You guys are awesome!!!

[@aubinerwantchuentekom8289]

If you could at least imagine what I'm going through these times you would understand what kind of cure your music is to me. Knew you from "chasing cars", got addicted till now. Greetings from Cameroon. 08:41 AM.

[@raphaelsoub6518]

courage bro' du cameroun aussi force au 237

[@aubinerwantchuentekom8289]

237 4Ever

[@honeybuckin7458]

me too from Chasing Cars 😁

[@georgematkin2658]

Plastic fans if you're here from just chasing cars 😂

[@sianevelyn2705]

I think this is currently my favourite from the new album, although honestly that’s likely to change because there are just so many good songs!

[@IT-df9eo]

Sian Evelyn had the same choice but I’m listening to wild horses and heal me and they’re top class too.

[@sianevelyn2705]

I T totally...wild horses is making its way to the top for me too now!

[@IT-df9eo]

They’re all amazing and get better each time you hear it

[@Cthulhu013]

Surprised this has the least views of the new songs. I think it's one of the best on the album.

[@Colibris10Colibris10]

Your new album is such a great gift for us....the lyrics of your song touch my soul...it make me think that finaly we are all the same and never alone....thank you Snow Patrol

[@Robin-hi4vj]

Why only 126.927 visits? It's amazing, Snow Patrol are the best!

[@tiagooliver2253]

Gente essa musica é D++++ meu deus! Perfeita!

[@sakshirajkumar5943]

Wow!! Absolutely wow!!!

[@prbsnoop1974]

Wildness is one of the best albums of the 2010's - they've never sold out (unlike Coldplay)

[@Jyfujmtg98]

Such an underrated song and band in general honestly

[@tahir7883]

your music sends me back to better times, I'm so grateful youre stil making great unique music wish Gary would read this comment himself love from a syrian dude

[@sunitsrichandan2092]

Oh god..!! Speechless 😍❤️

[@annemariekiernan3538]

I don’t have words for how much i love this ❤️❄️🇮🇪

[@meditantony]

YEAH!!!

[@trishharvey4094]

One of my many favorites from the best band..

[@Thamilasouza]

melhor comeback da história ❤ nem tenho palavras pra descrever o quão incrível está esse álbum novo!

[@elcid2153]

WOW!

[@johnhanlon1403]

Class!!

[@carpvictor1214]

Stop! Leave a small place for other atrist in my playlist, I don't remember when I was listening to someone's else song's. Tremendous job guys!!!

[@anobodyreally6849]

Thank you for making such art

[@calebking4499]

Yes more snow patrol!

[@coreydavis6427]

It sounds like a Miami Vice day time scene music and song. And I can't wait to see the new Miami Vice.

[@karimyers8762]

I absolutely love this song. I have no clue why they don't get more air time on the radio in the States...although this is beyond radio. ❤

[@bugcatchermattie8277]

This is probably my favourite Snow Patrol song of all time. I feel like the older I get, the more it hits me. "These days that light hits so heavy, and those days feel like another life" gives me goosebumps every damn time.

[@barbaravanna]

My fav 💓

[@framma9968]

I don't listen to this very often.. Freaks me out! But it's magnificent

[@framma9968]

Fucking makes me cry every time

[@redsummer4266]

This song has a such a differnet flow as the others. But I like that very much and this could be my favourite song from the album.

[@mthoneybee13]

I believe this is the first song he wrote after getting sober.... worth the wait for sure, brilliant!

[@kseniyamagitman1716]

❤️❤️❤️

[@atthai5197]

what a perfect sound!

[@honeybuckin7458]

earworm 💕💕💕 Believe in me - so I can trust myself ...best line

[@usha4345]

You are my favourite band and each and every word you sing is so genuine and honest Your soul us beautiful Legend !!!

[@lenanoldor6789]

I'm 24 but I feel like I'm 124, I feel like I'm not young and there's nothing else here for me anymore! Memories that I have from 5 years ago seems to be from another life! I can totally relate with snowpatrol's wildness album. By the way, snowpatrol's song is always perfect for me and it seems like they sing my life.