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thunderbolt

from Emanations / Powerlines by Birdlips

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Written and recorded in Anne K.'s apartment in Los Angeles, CA July 2010. This song is about some amazing friends of ours who were struck by lightning. The beat was made with a bucket and a whisk.

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with a storm rolling in
an old car moving fast against the wind
she pulled off the highway
to gather firewood

with a rush and a rage
with a force she was thrown across the stage
and the big tree was blown to smithereens
and she cried out as if from another dream

there's so little time
it'll pass in the blink of an eye

like a thunderbolt
(let go...)
splitting the sky
(...the illusion)
I will be reborn

well the smoke had barely cleared
from her ringing ears
when he found her and helped her get her feet back on the ground
the charred remainders still smoldering, crackling, all around

they were moved by the sound of the rain, the coming storm
the herald of thunder like a battle horn
oh, what to do
when it's calling you, calling you

time
it'll pass
in the blink of an eye

like a thunderbolt
(let go...)
splitting the sky
(...the illusion)
I will be reborn

if you only had one life to live, what would you do about it?
if you only had one life to live, how could you go on without it?

they had to return to the scene of the trial that was laid to them
infectious illumination taking root within
chased by the light to where the sparks fade to stillness
and then to fight through the illness that ensued

blessed with the boon of a new form of life imbued
on the wing of a charge that was tingling and flowing through
the threshold is harshest
when it's calling you, calling you

time
it'll pass
in the blink of an eye

like a thunderbolt
(let go...)
splitting the sky
(...the illusion)
I will be reborn

if you only had one life to live, what would you do about it?
if you only had one life to live, how could you go on without it?

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from Emanations / Powerlines, released July 22, 2010

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