You'll Never Walk Alone

If you are a serious Liverpool supporter, a die-hard fan who lives and breathes for the Reds, you must need no introduction to "You'll Never Walk Alone" (YNWA). The iconic anthem of Liverpool Football Club has come to mean so much more than just being yet another football song.

But then, how many people actually know the song? All of us fans in India hear the song being recited on our TV screens during games and wonder what all these people are shouting for?(Yeah, I've done that on occasion myself). So, before we proceed, here are the lyrics of YNWA:

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high

And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm

There's a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone

Inspiring, isn't it? Now, imagine hearing this song being sung by 45,000 people, with hope and passion in their hearts, as you come walking out of that famous Anfield tunnel. It will be loud, I can guarantee you that!

Remember May 25, 2005, Istanbul? The night the greatest Champions League Final of all time was played, and Liverpool created sporting history? It is said that, at half-time, when LFC was 3 goals down, the whole red-half of the crowd at the Ataturk Stadium sang YNWA continuously, without pause. The song even drifted down to the players' dressing rooms, invoking a reaction. And the rest, as they say, is history. There is no better example to prove YNWA's worth to LFC.

YNWA is so much more than being just an anthem for the football club. It is the only song which, as far as I know, has the ability to whip up a frenzy even in the average supporter. It is a song which gives hope in our hearts, feeds our passion for the club and makes us believe, both in good and bad times.

Don't agree? Try looking up YNWA on youtube. Or hear it online. Or, watch a Liverpool game on a Champions League night. You'll see what I mean.