Planets Bend Between Us

Snow Patrol

About Planets Bend Between Us

"The Planets Bend Between Us" (or "The Planets Bend Between Us (For You)") is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album A Hundred Million Suns. It was released as the follow-up single to "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It" on 24 May 2009. It was the fourth single taken from the album. The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol. The song is about Lightbody's beach house in Belfast. The single featured a re-working of the album version and was released as a digital download only. It was later included on the band's 2009 compilation album Up to Now. The song was received quite positively by music critics upon the album release, with one critic comparing it to "Chasing Cars". However, commercial reaction to the single was generally negative. The single was a commercial failure, failing to chart in every country barring the Tipparade Chart in the Netherlands. 


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2008
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The winters mar the Earth
It's floor was frozen glass
You slip into my arms
And you quickly correct yourself
Your freezing speech bubbles
Seem to hold your words aloft
I want the smoky clouds of laughter
To swim about me forever more

[Chorus]
I will race you to the waterside
And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud
So they could hear it in America
It's all for you

The shells crack under our shoes
Like punctuation points
The planets bend between us
A hundred million suns and stars
The sea filled in this silence
Before you sank those words
And now even in the darkness
I can see how happy you are

[Chorus]

It's all for you [Repeat: x5]

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Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol are a British alternative rock band formed at the University of Dundee in 1994. The group comprises Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Jonny Quinn (drums), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Tom Simpson (keyboards). (piano, guitar, backing vocals). Initially an indie rock band, their first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot (1997), and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears (1998) and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), were commercially unsuccessful and were released by the independent labels Electric Honey and Jeepster respectively. The band then signed on to the major record label Polydor Records in 2002. more »

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Written by: NATHAN CONNOLLY, GARY LIGHTBODY, JONATHAN GRAHAM QUINN, TOM SIMPSON, PAUL WILSON

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10 facts about this song

Song Creation
"Planets Bend Between Us" is a song by the alternative rock band, Snow Patrol, and was released in their fifth studio album, "A Hundred Million Suns."
Record Label
The song was released under the record label, Fiction/Polydor in 2008.
Song Meaning
The song is said to be about distance and the toll it takes on a relationship. Snow Patrol’s lead vocalist, Gary Lightbody, in an interview revealed the song is about his long-distance relationship.
Location Inspiration
The song was written by the band in Berlin and thus reflects some experiences gained from that location.
Single Release
Even though it was included in the album, "Planets Bend Between Us" was released as a single only for the radio in the United States.
Song Length
"Planets Bend Between Us" runs for 4 minutes and 13 seconds in its album version.
Lyrics
The lyrics of the seaside in the song were inspired by Gary Lightbody's hometown of Bangor in Northern Ireland.
Music Video
The music video for the song was shot in Cape Town, South Africa and directed by Daniel Brereton.
Album Performance
Even though the song itself did not chart, the album "A Hundred Million Suns" reached number 2 in the UK and Irish Charts and number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Band Members
The band members who composed the song include Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, and Tom Simpson.

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