This is one of my favorite songs. Hubby and I have been together since 1995- before I even started high school. This song is what I’d like him to understand that this is how I feel about us. But it’s so hard to convey. I’d be happy just to lay down next to him in a meadow or on a hill or beside a sandy dune. Thank you for playing this
I never had a relationship with any of my grandfathers they had all passed away before I was born or when I was just a baby, I never had a father that was around he was a drug addict and not in the picture. I never really had any male roll models….. I’m 32 years old now and still trying to navigate what it means to be a man in this world. Your music makes me feel so much emotion and I tear up on damn near every song I’ve clicked. I have 2 sons of my own now, I hope they look up to me… if only they knew im still just a boy myself in some ways looking for a roll model. I look up to you frank. Thanks for being so genuine. God Bless.
Your sons do look up to you. We all shall try our best to do it better than our parents did. This may sound like nothing special at first, but if one takes it serious, it indeed is. No one will ask for more.
There is one video I have of my Dad, and it is of himself singing this song. He lived for music. It was his passion. He was in bands before he moved over to England to become a psychiatrist. Nonetheless, this song will now always bring tears to my eyes because all I can think of is him. I miss him every day, and I can not bring myself to watch that video of him singing chasing cars. The hurt is overwhelming. I hope he is okay, and I always hope he knows I miss him dearly 💚 been a little over a year since he left. I have his old guitar, and I would love to learn, but I would never do it justice. One day I will try and hope to make him proud. RIP Pops
Sir, my dog died a week ago. Cutler. One of the great loves of my life. We did everything we could! We raised 7.000 cash to pay the meds, it worked. But even with all... Even that the surgery worked out. Cutler had a attack while I was walking with him around the hospital. We did that all the days before. But that thursday don't. Sadly it was his time. He almost died in my arms, but the meds came and got him some oxygen. A hour later, while I was on the bus home, I got the call. This song rose on my mind, and the lyrics just fitted so well. I used to sit in the floor (at the resting room, with all the other dogs) with him, hugging his body for all the time I could. Just there. Sometimes I prayed with him. Sometimes we talk and I used to say "hey son, you gonna be good, this people are here to heal you, you gonna be back home soon". And sometimes we just lay down and forget the world. In your voice, I feel that my pain is more justified. You know? An older voice has more depth and authority. Thank you.
This is my first RUclips comment - I couldn’t find your socials or email so I figured this is best. I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I just wanted to let you know that this is everything I needed. Your music is beautiful and touching, and I am so glad to have stumbled across your channel. Thank you for spreading joy and beauty and sharing your talent with the world ❤️ please please don’t stop 💗
This is tremendous. The most meaningful conversations I hold in my heart.Are those that have gone and spoken. Frank your choice in music is magical. Your voice is full of comfort.❤❤❤
My best friend passed away a couple years ago and this was her favorite song. It still hurts listening to it. But this cover was absolutely beautiful. I know for a fact that if she were still here she’d absolutely love it.
I find your covers very comforting. This song was my mom's favorite song. She passed away from Leukemia 14 years ago. Keep on doing what you love doing! 🥹🩵
My grandpa passed away this Saturday.. It's been the hardest most painful days of my life.. This video brought tears to my eyes, reminds me so much of my old man 😢 thank you sir, you made my day
There's something in you that touches human soul. I hope you're living the life that you wanted. Your posts makes me genuinely happy💖 Love from Philippines!
I love this ole timer. He doesn't play what you would expect (based on looks alone). Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Very inspiring and Cool. Keep up the good work Pops!
this is such a hard time in my life, there is so much internal suffering. but for just a few minutes you took away the pain...thank you so much sir, made me cry with this beautiful rendition of one of my favorite songs of all time❤️
Frank doesn't know it, but I've adopted him as my Papa (what we called our grandfathers in our family). I needed his voice this morning and have had him on at least an hour. ♥️ Thanks Papa
I've always liked this song and was searching for reactions and covers... this is now my favorite cover of any song ever. I hope you sing it to your wife, children and grandchildren.
This is one of my favourite song of all time, and the most played song in my playlist ... i cannot hold my tears from the second you start to sing . It is a beautiful song but you make it much better. I hope you get whatever you wish in your life.
There exists simultaneously a weight and lightness to the way you sing. Thank you for your video; it sounds beautiful. I’ve listened to songs and forgotten about them, but Chasing Cars is always a go-to.
I can’t explain how appropriate this is right now. I can’t wait to see the world I once knew. This is incredibly moving, and it speaks so much truth than ever right now.
This is absolutely fantastic - so much talent and honesty and soul in just four minutes! I am so glad that the RUclips algorithm has brought me here, because I have never subscribed faster!
This is soul mending... I could not find the word that can describe the depth your interpretation of this song has reached into my soul. Thank you a million times!
Thank you so much. Made me cry because this is the song in my mind for my childhood best friend who passed away in January 2020. She was a SWAT officer and had an accident while chasing criminals. I miss her so much and I can't really move on. It hurts me to the bones knowing she is gone.
I just wanted to let you know that you have sent me down a RUclips Rabbit Hole that I haven’t been on in years. Will you be my new grandpa? I love you, granddad ❤️
@@FrankWatkinson it might be, but It’s a good kind of strange. It’s really nice to hear you play in your style, it’s so different yet universal in a way. I’m not sure if that’s even the best way to explain it but I’m short, I admire your work
You just calmed my mind in such a lovely way. Listening to you play guitar and sing, I could sit here and - for a moment - just forget the world. Then come back and love the world more than I did a few moments ago. Thank you.
Respect. What a great, special cover from you, Sir Mr. Watkinson. You are a great musician. All the best, good health and thank you for this sensitive interpretation of this song.
Hahaha Friday night 4am crying listening to this cover. thank you so much for this song. your song and your voice is the best consolation i got in years
I am at a loss of words.... I found your channel last night and your videos really prove music knows no boundaries of generations. Thankyou for all your efforts good sir ❤️
What a cover! I found myself tearing up about 30 seconds into the video. I've played music for most of my life and sometimes question if it is something that is worth investing so much time and effort into because i put so much pressure on myself. Something about you simply playing and singing this song comforts me very much. Thank you sir.
I feel that i just got lucky to came across your channel. Could not make me more happier today. You remind me of my grandpa. I just want to thank you for creating this channel. You are a love💌
It's truly amazing how you give a second vibe to the songs you cover, and yet, you still manage to keep the soul of the song. This is my best musical discovery of 2020, huge thanks
This song played on the way back of putting my childhood dog down. I’ve had her from literally my birth to my 12th birthday, this makes me sob so much. You sing it so beautifully🥹
@@FrankWatkinson yes it is, and I will eventually. (I’ve also had another best buddy after few years after Sandy, my childhood dog, a rescue from 8yo, but he passed at 13 last year. Both Goldens💕)
I love the way you did this with the running bass notes underlaying your melody notes. Reminds me of Lindsey Buckingham style on Big Love. Thank you for taking us away from the world for a bit.
This is one of my favorite songs. Hubby and I have been together since 1995- before I even started high school. This song is what I’d like him to understand that this is how I feel about us. But it’s so hard to convey. I’d be happy just to lay down next to him in a meadow or on a hill or beside a sandy dune. Thank you for playing this
Fact: You didnt search for this, yet you are glad you are watching it.
Feeling lucky 🍀
Really glad, sadly euphoric 🥺
Yessir i do agree
You got me💯💯😢
Absolutely
We like children's art cause they're filled with innocence.
We love aging people's art because they're filled with emotions and wisdom.
Brilliantly said ❤️🎶🎸🇨🇦
😊
Yes a great way to say it!
I never had a relationship with any of my grandfathers they had all passed away before I was born or when I was just a baby, I never had a father that was around he was a drug addict and not in the picture. I never really had any male roll models….. I’m 32 years old now and still trying to navigate what it means to be a man in this world. Your music makes me feel so much emotion and I tear up on damn near every song I’ve clicked. I have 2 sons of my own now, I hope they look up to me… if only they knew im still just a boy myself in some ways looking for a roll model. I look up to you frank. Thanks for being so genuine. God Bless.
Sending good vibes to you. I can relate to that and feel it. Keep fighting
Your sons do look up to you. We all shall try our best to do it better than our parents did. This may sound like nothing special at first, but if one takes it serious, it indeed is. No one will ask for more.
Sir, you have me sitting at my desk crying on this Monday afternoon. This is one of my favorite songs and you made such a beautiful cover.
Just discovered this. My thoughts exactly, except as the tears roll down my cheeks, I’m lying on my bed on this Monday evening.
RUclips recommended this video, and I couldn't be any happier! Amazing job. I teared up a little!
There is one video I have of my Dad, and it is of himself singing this song. He lived for music. It was his passion. He was in bands before he moved over to England to become a psychiatrist. Nonetheless, this song will now always bring tears to my eyes because all I can think of is him. I miss him every day, and I can not bring myself to watch that video of him singing chasing cars. The hurt is overwhelming. I hope he is okay, and I always hope he knows I miss him dearly 💚 been a little over a year since he left. I have his old guitar, and I would love to learn, but I would never do it justice. One day I will try and hope to make him proud. RIP Pops
Guitar were made to be played , you would be touching something he touched ,he would always be there.
Sir, my dog died a week ago. Cutler. One of the great loves of my life.
We did everything we could! We raised 7.000 cash to pay the meds, it worked.
But even with all... Even that the surgery worked out.
Cutler had a attack while I was walking with him around the hospital. We did that all the days before. But that thursday don't. Sadly it was his time. He almost died in my arms, but the meds came and got him some oxygen.
A hour later, while I was on the bus home, I got the call.
This song rose on my mind, and the lyrics just fitted so well.
I used to sit in the floor (at the resting room, with all the other dogs) with him, hugging his body for all the time I could. Just there. Sometimes I prayed with him. Sometimes we talk and I used to say "hey son, you gonna be good, this people are here to heal you, you gonna be back home soon". And sometimes we just lay down and forget the world.
In your voice, I feel that my pain is more justified. You know? An older voice has more depth and authority.
Thank you.
I know exactly how you feel right now.
This is my first RUclips comment - I couldn’t find your socials or email so I figured this is best. I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I just wanted to let you know that this is everything I needed. Your music is beautiful and touching, and I am so glad to have stumbled across your channel. Thank you for spreading joy and beauty and sharing your talent with the world ❤️ please please don’t stop 💗
Thank you.
I think if you covered "The Scientist" by Coldplay it would be really nice :)
totally agree :)
@@magdalenakuffel3213 Yea i'd like to hear that as well. Daithi De Nogla covered it but I'd like to hear how Frank would cover it :)
I would cry my eyes out!!
Agreed, wonderful covers
"Fix You" would have me in pieces!
This is tremendous. The most meaningful conversations I hold in my heart.Are those that have gone and spoken. Frank your choice in music is magical. Your voice is full of comfort.❤❤❤
My best friend passed away a couple years ago and this was her favorite song. It still hurts listening to it. But this cover was absolutely beautiful. I know for a fact that if she were still here she’d absolutely love it.
I find your covers very comforting. This song was my mom's favorite song. She passed away from Leukemia 14 years ago. Keep on doing what you love doing! 🥹🩵
My grandpa passed away this Saturday.. It's been the hardest most painful days of my life.. This video brought tears to my eyes, reminds me so much of my old man 😢 thank you sir, you made my day
Sorry to hear that.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending love out into the world for you... ❤
Hope you feel better Carolina. I am sure he is always there with you to comfort you and love you. My sincere condolences x
I’m truly sorry for your tremendous loss, Carolina. May he rest in peace - he’ll live forever in your heart. You have an angel watching over you now.
Everything always gets ok... for sure
my favorite song 🎈🎈🎈 in pandemic time, I was singing it at home, on my karaoke..again, and again.. big respect from me 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸
There's something in you that touches human soul. I hope you're living the life that you wanted. Your posts makes me genuinely happy💖 Love from Philippines!
Thank you , i wanted to be a millionaire but i'm content with what i have for now.
@@FrankWatkinson What would you do with the money if you were a millionaire?
@@featherfruit Make sure my two daughters and grandchildren had a good start in life ,and maybe a new Gibson j45.
@@FrankWatkinson That's so sweet! You sound like a very kind dad and grandpa.
@@featherfruit Thank you.
Dude your tone is just incredible. You could just hear the experience of life behind every word.
Good job RUclips algorithm. You did good today for showing everyone this emotional gem of a cover.
If allowed, pure music runs through our whole lives.
The “before we get too old” really hit hard :(
I love this ole timer. He doesn't play what you would expect (based on looks alone). Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Very inspiring and Cool. Keep up the good work Pops!
this is such a hard time in my life, there is so much internal suffering. but for just a few minutes you took away the pain...thank you so much sir, made me cry with this beautiful rendition of one of my favorite songs of all time❤️
you are so loved!! please know the world wouldn’t be the same without you in it ❤️
Thank you.
your comment just about made me cry while listening to the end of this song...he really does NAIL IT
I hope things have gotten better for you 💚
I hope you find peace .
What a genuine moment I’ve found on RUclips.
This is beyond pure. This put me in tears. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow !!! Simply beautiful. THANK YOU Frank !!!
Frank doesn't know it, but I've adopted him as my Papa (what we called our grandfathers in our family). I needed his voice this morning and have had him on at least an hour. ♥️ Thanks Papa
You are not alone in that ,thank you.
During this stressful time your rendition has brought calm to my heart. Thank you.
Thank you keep calm always.
You are one of the greatest thing that ever happened to RUclips.
I just discovered your channel, so today I'm gonna have a Frank Watkinson concert at home... THANK YOU
I’m crying this is so emotional, I really like your voice and your videos so much
Listening to this at 5:30 in the a.m. getting lost in my feelings. Love this!
Damn Frank I know you cleaned up with the ladies in your heyday. What a voice, what a talent.
i love that this man can wreck my soul without a second thought. So beautiful
Hi, I’m from Brazil and RUclips recommended this video and that made me feel very happy 💕 thanks for sharing your talent with us !!!
I've always liked this song and was searching for reactions and covers... this is now my favorite cover of any song ever. I hope you sing it to your wife, children and grandchildren.
This is the first time I really listened to this song properly
My heart melted into a puddle
Your guitar playing, the passion you put into the lyrics; it's all completely immaculate, Frank. Much love, can't wait to watch more of your content!
This made my day, its amazing!
The passion you feel is apparent!!
Thank you.
I aspire to become half of the musician this man is someday!
This is one of my favourite song of all time, and the most played song in my playlist ... i cannot hold my tears from the second you start to sing .
It is a beautiful song but you make it much better.
I hope you get whatever you wish in your life.
Thank you ,i'm still wishing lol.
i wish you're my grandpa, i would sit down and listen you sing and play every time.
As a long time Snow Patrol fan, this brought me to tears in a good way.
Thank you Xo
This made me smile but also made me emotional at the same time.
The artist made the song, you gave it life.
There exists simultaneously a weight and lightness to the way you sing. Thank you for your video; it sounds beautiful. I’ve listened to songs and forgotten about them, but Chasing Cars is always a go-to.
This song means so much to me, and I love this cover. thank you so much
the fact this has 0 dislikes makes me hate the world a little less
now its 2
you had to ruin it
@@branchy7159 Whatever is popular is wrong. Oscar Wilde
@@rabokarabekian409 Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. Oscar Wilde lol
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I wish I was able to give you another THUMBS UP every time I come here to listen to this song.
This guy is the kind of light the world needs more of.
Who on earth could dislike this video. I sat in literal shock the whole time because of how beautiful this cover is
Sweet melancholy, beautiful sadness, tragic rapture.
This song has always made me cry.
Great job
What must be going through his mind whenever he played this song.
He's pouring out his soul.
Respect 💯
THIS CHANNEL COMES TO YOUR LIFE AT THE MOMENT YOU NEED IT
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?
Songwriters: Natah Connolly / Gary Lightbody / Jonathan Quinn / Tom Simpson / Paul WilsonChasing Cars lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
I can’t explain how appropriate this is right now. I can’t wait to see the world I once knew. This is incredibly moving, and it speaks so much truth than ever right now.
This is absolutely fantastic - so much talent and honesty and soul in just four minutes! I am so glad that the RUclips algorithm has brought me here, because I have never subscribed faster!
Makes me always verry feel nice and compft. if i here you,yust came back home from Work out of a Hosspital,thankx so much Frank
This is soul mending... I could not find the word that can describe the depth your interpretation of this song has reached into my soul. Thank you a million times!
This made me cry. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with the rest of the world
Watched a few of your videos today Frank. Just lovely.
Great song you did well on it.
Thank you so much. Made me cry because this is the song in my mind for my childhood best friend who passed away in January 2020. She was a SWAT officer and had an accident while chasing criminals. I miss her so much and I can't really move on. It hurts me to the bones knowing she is gone.
So sorry to hear that
this is exactly what i needed to hear to calm down after my math final. i love it!
I'm just smiling and tearing up here, nothing huge.
This made me smile when I most needed it. Thank you!
Thank you for your music. I have a hard time sleeping with my anxiety and listening to it before I sleep makes me so relaxed and happy. ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you.
Singing with you while drinking a glass of wine. Yes sir LOVE THIS
Always be coming back to this cover. Thank you for this wonderful cover, Frank ❤😢
Thank you! I am sitting on my desk, watch the clouds move by and the sun break through. I close my eyes and for a small moment everything is okay
simple...yet so heavy!! I love it...Thanks Frank
I dunno if this is weird but I fell asleep to his voice in this cover...absolutely stunning
They use me in hospitals as an anaesthetic!
I wouldn't be surprised! Haha! Actually, this is a fantastic idea!!
You are an inspiration! Keep blessing the world!
I just wanted to let you know that you have sent me down a RUclips Rabbit Hole that I haven’t been on in years. Will you be my new grandpa? I love you, granddad ❤️
Of course i will ,join the club.
Just beautiful, I’ve listened to this song a million times, and this was the first time I really heard it. Well done and thank you
Wish more people had the pleasure to hear Frank’s voice, I know I say this a lot but it’s just so lovely ❤️
But not to me , it sounds strange.
@@FrankWatkinson it might be, but It’s a good kind of strange. It’s really nice to hear you play in your style, it’s so different yet universal in a way. I’m not sure if that’s even the best way to explain it but I’m short, I admire your work
You just calmed my mind in such a lovely way. Listening to you play guitar and sing, I could sit here and - for a moment - just forget the world. Then come back and love the world more than I did a few moments ago. Thank you.
Yes! as well as I I just ended up here and it was peacefully enjoyable!!!
Feel sad for the dog, he had no idea!
That’s what we call: “time stand still”.
This is far more beautiful than Snow Patrol's version. Love your original songs.
i know... snow patrol kinda suck...
Respect.
What a great, special cover from you, Sir Mr. Watkinson.
You are a great musician.
All the best, good health and thank you for this sensitive interpretation of this song.
He's great... thanks from Brazil
You know what, life is good. Thanks, Frank.
the third video in and I am hooked. Great stuff brother.
Hahaha Friday night 4am crying listening
to this cover. thank you so much for this song. your song and your voice is the best consolation i got in years
I am at a loss of words.... I found your channel last night and your videos really prove music knows no boundaries of generations. Thankyou for all your efforts good sir ❤️
What a cover! I found myself tearing up about 30 seconds into the video. I've played music for most of my life and sometimes question if it is something that is worth investing so much time and effort into because i put so much pressure on myself. Something about you simply playing and singing this song comforts me very much. Thank you sir.
Don't pressure yourself it is supposed to be fun.
I feel that i just got lucky to came across your channel. Could not make me more happier today. You remind me of my grandpa. I just want to thank you for creating this channel. You are a love💌
It's truly amazing how you give a second vibe to the songs you cover, and yet, you still manage to keep the soul of the song. This is my best musical discovery of 2020, huge thanks
You sir, are a rare treasure. Thank you for sharing your talent
This song has so much emotional value and you brought forth all of it in such a beautful way.
Thank you. You’ve helped me so much. Thank you with all my heart. Bless you.
Am I the only one crying here😭
fave song,,.
No, I am too.
Same but I don't know why
Frank hasn't made me cry yet but I'm going one by one through the list to see which one will make me cry! Lol!
I LOVE THIS SONG SOOOOO MUCH FRANK!!!! Thanks for this lovely version
This song played on the way back of putting my childhood dog down. I’ve had her from literally my birth to my 12th birthday, this makes me sob so much. You sing it so beautifully🥹
It's awful losing your best friend, i hope you get another in time.
@@FrankWatkinson yes it is, and I will eventually. (I’ve also had another best buddy after few years after Sandy, my childhood dog, a rescue from 8yo, but he passed at 13 last year. Both Goldens💕)
What beautiful! What cute! What voice! ♥
I love the way you did this with the running bass notes underlaying your melody notes. Reminds me of Lindsey Buckingham style on Big Love. Thank you for taking us away from the world for a bit.