“A Stroke Of Luck” is track #6 on Garbage’s self-titled debut album.
About the songwriting, Shirley Manson said in a track-by-track interview with Gigwise that it was an instrumental that she was working on in her hotel room.
The underlying sample of the song came from a malfunctioning digital tap...
[Verse 1]
Hangin' by threads of palest silver
I could've stayed that way forever
Bad blood and ghosts wrapped tight around me
Nothin' could ever seem to touch me
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I lose what I love most
Did you know I was lost until you found me?
[Chorus 1]
A stroke of luck or a gift from God? Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above? You came to me
Here comes the cold again, I feel it closin' in
It's fallin' down and all around me, fallin'
[Verse 2]
You say that you'll be there to catch me
Or will you only try to trap me?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
These are the rules I make
Our chains were meant to break, you'll never change me
[Chorus 2]
Here comes the cold again, I feel it closin' in
You're fallin' down and all around me, falling
Stroke of luck or a gift from God? Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above? You come to me now
[Bridge]
Don't ask me why
Don't even try
[Chorus 1]
Stroke of luck or a gift from God? Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above? You came to me
Here comes the cold again, I feel it closin' in
It's fallin' down and all around me, falling
[Outro]
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Falling
A Stroke of Luck was written by Steve Marker & Duke Erikson & Butch Vig & Shirley Manson.
A Stroke of Luck was produced by Garbage.
Garbage released A Stroke of Luck on Tue Aug 15 1995.