![]() I rate Lightning Crashes a 4 out of 5 because I enjoyed the softer sound to it, but mostly because of what the song is about. I take this song as a positive one in the end that can help people move on with their lives after a painful situation. ![]() Music is a form of art and art is interpreted differently by everyone. I agree that the strong brings a lot of emotion and has a very powerful meaning to it. On youtube, one user commented on the song and said that it helped her get through her miscarriage. I do not like hospitals, especially if it is depicting a sad or scary situation. I could not finish watching it because I found the video really scary from someone that keeps popping up in the music video which might be an angel. There were scenes that took place in a hospital. The scene was very sad and emotional especially during the scenes where the whole band is there singing the song. The video starts off with what seems to be someone’s home. I started to watch the music video for thesong, but I only got through less than half of it because the video really scared me. Even though Babara herself is not alive anymore, parts of her still are and she still lives on. Babara Lewis donated many of her organs including her heart to many different people. Babara Lewis’ brother in law used the song to kind of describe Barbara Lewis’ situation, that even though she is no longer alive, she still lives on. Live dedicated Lightning Crashes to a woman named Barbara Lewis, who was a friend of the band in high school that died in a car crash. ![]() Lives are lost but new ones are also forming every day and life goes on. The ending lyrics are “presents the circle and puts the glory out to hide,” I am not exactly sure what to interpret with the “puts the glory out to hide,” but I really believe that the song is all about the circle of life. After I read the lyrics I realized that the song was about the circle of life. The lyrics say that an “angel opens her eyes,” which I am guessing is a new born, and then it says that “an old mother dies,” which I took as someone who lost their life due to old age. I think the song is written to show that life goes on no matter what happens. The lyrics kind of does mention things associated with miscarriage like a placenta falling, but that is not what the song is all about. After some research I realized that I was kind of right and kind of wrong. ( )įrom my first listening of this song, I had the idea that the song was talking about a mother’s miscarriage. It hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay music back in 1995, the song also topped the Billboard Album Rock tracks and Hot modern rock tracks. Lightning Crashes became one of Live’s most popular songs. The music video was actually filmed in a house, though the songs lyrics surely paint the picture of the meaning perfectly.I really enjoyed listening to Lightning Crashes because it has a much softer sound throughout the song. The song definitely illustrates just how closely connected life and death are.Īlthough the song’s video may be confusing to some, lead singer Ed Kowalczyk even said, “I envisioned it taking place in a hospital, where all these stimulations–deaths and births are going on….” ![]() Lyrics in the first verse like, “Lightning crashes a new mother cries, Her placenta falls to the floor, the angel opens her eyes…” describe a new mother giving birth, while her newborn baby, aka the angel, opens her eyes to discover the world.Ĭontrary to the first verse, the second verse reads, “Lightning crashes an old mother dies, Her intentions fall to the floor, The angel closes her eyes…” Although quite similar, the second verse talks about an old mother dying, her dreams lost, and how the angel, aka the mother, closes her eyes for an eternal rest.Įssentially, the song symbolizes the circle of life, how in an instant, just like the flash of lightning, a life is lost, but also born. The song is about a mother giving birth to her newborn while an elderly mother down the hall dies. Released in 1994 on their album Throwing Cooper, the song has been misinterpreted to be about a mother dying in the wake of child birth, but actually has a much deeper meaning. The brilliantly written and composed “Lightning Crashes” is our next Throwback Thursday. and reached Billboard Hot Mainstreams Rock Tracks charted for 10 consecutive weeks. This song sold over 8 million copies in the U.S. Known mostly for their hit single “Lightning Crashes,” Live is a fairly regarded American rock band, which doesn’t get as much credit as it deserves.
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