E B F# Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind. Chorus: (Quietly) E B F# Oh now feel it coming back again. E B F# Forces pulling from the center of the Earth again. Chorus: E B F# Oh now feel it coming back again.

B F# Presents the circle and puts the glory out to hide, hide. E B F# This moment she's been waiting for. Verse 2: E B F# Lightning crashes.a new mother cries. B F# Belongs now to the baby down the hall. E B F# Lightning crashes.an old mother dies. B F# Before the doctor can even close the door. In the last line, 'the glory' is the most beautiful and precious part of life, sometimes clouded over by confusion but the beauty is always there.Standard Tuning Intro (Clean guitar) (E-B-F#) Verse 1: E B F# Lightning crashes.a new mother cries. Life is also depicted as being a strong and vibrant force that can be felt like wind, heard like thunder and seen like lightning. Perhaps life is as confusing as 'thunder chasing the wind' but it is a natural force and a very strong one. The chords are simple and repeat throughout, giving the music a strong beat. It gradually becomes louder and the tempo quickens as we build into the chorus. The rhythm is slow, strong and deliberate. Like with any song, the artists want to provoke emotion. The angel, appearing once again in the last verse, represents a divine power that gives life and takes it away, symbolized by the opening and closing of her eyes. The third verse continues with the theme of a cycle with the line, 'presents the circle,' where the circle represents the circle of life. As the baby is born, 'confusion sets in' and as the old mother dies in the hospital, her life and her confusion is passed on 'to the baby down the hall.' Thunder, lightning and wind are also elements of a storm and storms cause confusion. The composer observes life as being confused and confusion represents life. Thunder, lightning and wind are all strong forces, 'from the center of the earth,' rooting the song in nature. The theme of nature is strongly presented in the chorus and obviously in the title. However, they both 'fall to the floor' which represents the pain that accompanies love and life. The placenta and the intentions are symbols of love. A mother wants only what is best for her child and those are all her good intentions. Her intentions represent the same thing the placenta did: everything the mother had given her child. The second verse portrays the death of the mother and all her intentions. The first verse illustrates a birth and the placenta represents all that mother has given the child because while in the womb, a child receives it’s nutrients and food from it’s mother through a placenta. The song is presented in a verse, verse, chorus, versus style, with repetition of the chorus as an ending. Her name is Barbara Lewis and she is included at the end of the liner notes along with the lyrics of the song. This song was written about a woman, a young mother who died in the course of labour at the age of 20. The general themes of 'Lightning Crashes' are the cycles of nature and the force of life. It's actually a really cool song with lots of symbols and stuff. *s* Anyways, here's the written portion of my project where I had to explain everything. But better without the mistakes, of course. I even SANG the song (accompanying myself on guitar) in front of them too! I was pretty nervous but it wasn't too terribly horrible and I'd do it again too. I used this song for my English class poetry project and I had to explain the whole song to my class as a presentation. Like the rolling thunder chasing the windįorces pulling from the center of the earth again

Lightning Crashes ~ LIVE Lightning Crashes (Líve)īefore the doctor can even close the door

Lightning crashes an old mother dies