Here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

When a group of people, whether strangers, acquaintances, or friends, create a song, they have no idea what it will become.

They couldn’t possibly know. They couldn’t envision how that sequence of sounds, mixed with the right lyrics, would end up touching so many hearts throughout its history. But it’s at that moment, when thousands and thousands of strangers from various parts of the world and with different native languages, are singing along to the lyrics, that they realize it. It’s at that moment when all of our hearts unify as one, and there’s no other sound in the world than the lyrics to that song.

We’re all in it together. For those long-lasting seconds, everything felt magical. As a music consumer and a simple spectator of their show, I could feel an adrenaline rush that filled my heart with love. It made us want to sing at the top of our lungs, not caring about our voices or how silly we might look.

This was my first time seeing them perform live and hearing that song live. I had come close to experiencing it back in 2018, but my travel plans and visa mishaps changed, and I ended up giving the ticket away.

Regardless of your own experience with the song or the band, chances are you’ve heard this song at some point in your life and enjoyed it. Whether you first heard it on the radio, received it from a friend as a good ‘ol mp3, or heard it on a TV show, it is likely to have left an impression on you.

If at any point, that song meant something special to you, then at that moment you would just wanted to belt out those lyrics at the top of your lungs. All you really wanted in that moment was to sing those familiar words out loud, even though you’ve heard the song a million times before. We all just wanted to do it together.

And we did.

“If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world?” sang by thousands of strangers at Rock Werchter will stay in my memory forever.

And if I got goosebumps by being a part of that moment, as a mere consumer. I can’t even imagine what Snow Patrol felt. But I bet it’s quite an epic feel.