A little newer, this song was released in 1994. Nothing too difficult this song sounds beautiful for it's simplicity. What really sells it for me is the passion in his voice, as they wrote this song for a friend who was hit and killed by a drunk driver fleeing a robbery a year earlier. Their friend had many of her organs donated which several lines of the song indicate. It really is a beautiful and heart warming song but usually is only pulled out in times of tragedy ( it was played all the time during columbine) and I think it deserves much more airtime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc80X4ecnjw
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
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.
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
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So true about this, song great intensity. I didn't know the story behind it until now. Great pick.
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