Lightning Crashes: Feel It Comin' Back Again

In the Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life, there's a famous line:
 "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings."

What if every time there's a crash of lightning, a birth or death takes place?

In 1994, a rock band out of Pennsylvania released a song which basically ponders the circle of life, within the concept of lightning crashing. The band's name was Live and the song was called "Lightning Crashes."

"Lightning crashes a new mother cries

Her placenta falls to the floor

The angel opens her eyes

The confusion sets in

Before the doctor can even close the door

Lightning crashes an old mother dies

Her intentions fall to the floor

The angel closes her eyes

The confusion that was hers

Belongs now to the baby down the hall"

A baby is born as an old woman dies...an angel of life balances out the angel of death.

"Oh now feel it, comin' back again

Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind

Forces pullin' from

The center of the earth again

I can feel it."

The new life force pulling against the force of death

"Lightning crashes a new mother cries

This moment she's been waiting for

The angel opens her eyes

Pale blue colored iris

Presents the circle

And puts the glory out to hide, hide"

Pale blue colored iris...the circle of life is complete.

Stunning imagery, a vocal which builds like thunderheads ready to explode and a perspective of life rarely seen in a rock song. Absolutely wonderful.

"Lightning Crashes" as written by Edward Joel Kowalczyk, Chad David Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Alan Gracey

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group