The Lightning Strike The Lightning Strike "The Lightning Strike" is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album "A Hundred Million Suns", and appears as the last track on the album. The lyrics to the song were written by lead singer Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol. The song is composed of three smaller songs and, at sixteen minutes and eighteen seconds, is the longest the band has released yet. The song has an elaborate live performance where a specially made animation is played simultaneously as the band performs the song. Most of the video features origami,
Gary Lightbody as they would have subsequently taken that success for granted. Lightbody is known to keep his personal life private. Lightbody is passionate about football, is a supporter of Manchester United and has been known to support both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland national football teams. This is supported by the song "Lifening", in which he sings the lyrics "Ireland in the World Cup, either North or South". He is a fan of the , particularly Wolverine, and owns a stack of comics. He bought several comics as a kid and has some that he has never opened, hoping