Chasing Cars

Song written by Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson, members of the band Snow Patrol.

Snow Patrol version

‘Chasing Cars’ was originally recorded by Snow Patrol in 2005 and released a year later on the album ‘Eyes Open’. It was released as the second single from the album and reached number 6 in the UK singles chart, number 5 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached the top 10 all over Europe.

Kim Wilde version

Kim Wilde performed a version of the song during her Perfect Girl Tour in 2007.


Lyrics

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?

I don’t quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They’re not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and
just forget the world?
Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s
bursting into life

Let’s waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and
just forget the world?
Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s
bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They’re all I can see
I don’t know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all

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