“Lightning Crashes”
by Live
from the album Throwing Copper
1994 Radioactive
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I’m totally behind on my posts, so I was feeling a bit stressed on what to pick for the karaoke entry.  I had something completely different in mind when I decided to hit MNP to see what Chris had cooked up for his entry.  Upon seeing “Brick” I thought FUCK IT and countered with my own depressing karaoke song.  Ladies and gentled, the song you should never sing with expectant parents in the room… “Lightning Crashes.”

While Live’s output has been kind of spotty of the course of their career, there’s absolutely no denying that Throwing Copper is a monster album.  There are groovy tracks, rockers and of course ballads.  Like this one… total ballad and complete fucking downer.  NEVER EVER EVER SING THIS KARAOKE. This is your one warning.  I’ve made this mistake so that you never have too.  I mean, c’mon – peep these lyrics:

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

I mean it’s not all rape-y like most Poison songs, but it has the words cries, dies and placenta in it.  I don’t care how many cosmos you’ve had — this is not a feel good song.