Snow Patrol & Martha Wainwright

"Set The Fire To The Third Bar"
(feat. Martha Wainwright)
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I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from 'A' to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

• Category

  Music

[Judey Pym]

Are you serious??? Martha Wainwright has been recording and releasing music for over a decade. She may not be a megastar, but there are plenty of people who have heard of her (and not just because she's Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle's daughter, or because she's Rufus Wainwright's sister).

[GothicGlitterGirl]

your words in my memory are like music to me. This will always be one of favorite songs. It is so beautiful and romantic.

[никита антошкин]

Эта песня шикарна, с замиранием сердца слушаю.

[DanaRaine]

Gives me a serious case of the feels every time.

[joshmullenismyhero]

hahaaaaaaaa you need to die

[Dan Williams]

Heard this first with cheryl cole. That was good but this is better, looser and marthas voice works better with mr lightbody.

[Bittersweetrue]

Ha ha ha ROFL

[Bek Martini]

their voices blend so strangely well

[rick williams]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG. IT'S BOTH SAD AND HAPPY AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE...A SONG SAD ENOUGH TO MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY. I LOVE MARTHA....SHE'S GOT THAT FAMILY "SOMETHING". LOVE THIS.

[paulski1983]

Don't want to go overboard, but I reckon this is one of the best songs ever about a Superser. FACT!