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Snow Patrol – Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking (2003) | Track profile | Dork

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Final Straw
Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking

TRACK

Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking

Release date: 3rd August 2003

From Final Straw

Track 11

4:32

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About This Track

"Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking" is a track by Snow Patrol, from the album Final Straw, released 3rd August 2003. The track is 4:32 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Snow Patrol.

About the Artist

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Lyrics

Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking

I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed
(I could do most anything to you)
Don't you breathe, don't you breathe
(I could do most anything to you)
Something happened that I never understood
(I could do most anything to you)
You can't leave, you can't leave

Every second dripping off my finger tips
(I could do most anything to you)
Wage your war, wage your war
(I could do most anything to you)
Another soldier says he's not afraid to die
(I could do most anything to you)
I am scared, I'm so scared

In slow motion the blast is beautiful
(I could do most anything to you)
Doors slam shut, doors slam shut
(I could do most anything to you)
A clock is ticking but it's hidden far away
(I could do most anything to you)
Safe and sound, safe and sound

(I could do most anything to you)
(I could do most anything to you)
(I could do most anything to you)
(I could do most anything to you)
(I could do most anything to you)
(I could do most anything to you)

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Track details

From Final Straw

4:322003

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Album

4th August 2003

Track number

11

Release year

2003

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Gary Lightbody, Iain Archer, Jonny Quinn, Mark McClelland
Producer: Jacknife Lee
Cello: James Banbury
Piano: James Banbury
Recording Engineer: Ben Georgiades
Viola: Bruce White
Violin: Alison Dods, Fiona McCapra