“Lightning” sees the girls trying to resist the temptation of a former lover but continually get attracted back into the relationship, even though they know the pain they endured before.
It is described as a part 2 of the popular Little Mix single “DNA” — the two were even performed back-to-back on...
[Verse 1: Jesy]
I'd cross a desert and an ocean
To get away from the pain of your storm
I'd chase the sunlight, been running from your shadow
So that I could heal and I didn't feel
[Pre-Chorus: Leigh-Anne]
That zig-zag shooting through my heart
That zig-zag hit me like a dart
Electricity, electricity
Oh, this love's tearing me apart
I've been runnin' like the light from the dark
But electricity keeps on hitting me
[Chorus: Leigh-Anne]
Oh, lightning strikes twice and it burns like ice
I wish I didn't love you again
Oh, lightning strikes twice and it burns so nice
I wish I didn't love you
[Post-Chorus]
But I do, but I do
[Verse 2: Jade]
Those eyes, one look and I'm enchanted
Your voice, a serenade, and it sings to my heart
One kiss turned the skies to grey
I'll never get away, no shelter from the rain, no
[Pre-Chorus: Perrie]
That zig-zag shooting through my heart
That zig-zag hit me like a dart
Electricity, electricity
Oh, this love's tearing me apart
I've been runnin' like the light from the dark
But electricity keeps on hitting me, oh
[Chorus: Jade, Jade & Leigh-Anne]
Oh, lightning strikes twice and it burns like ice
I wish I didn't love you again
Lightning strikes twice and it burns so nice
I wish I didn't love you
[Post-Chorus]
But I do, but I do
[Interlude: All, Perrie]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
O Fortuna, velut luna
Statu variabilis, semper crescis
Aut decrescis, vita detestabilis
[Bridge: Jesy & Jade, Jesy]
(Oh-oh-oh)
Every time that I hear your name, oh
(Oh-oh-oh)
Baby, you're the pleasure, the pain, oh
[Chorus: All, Perrie]
Lightning strikes twice and it burns like ice
I wish I didn't love you again
[Post-Chorus: Perrie]
But I do
(Fortuna—)
But I do
(Vita detesta—)
[Outro: Perrie]
O Fortuna, velut luna
Statu variabilis, semper crescis
Aut decrescis, vita detestabilis
But I do
Lightning was written by Jade Thirlwall & Leigh-Anne & Jesy Nelson & Perrie (UK) & Maegan Cottone & TroyBoi.
Lightning was produced by Sam Elliott & Maegan Cottone & TroyBoi.
Little Mix released Lightning on Fri Oct 16 2015.
We listened to the track and were like, ‘Ooh, this sounds a little bit like it could be the second part of 'DNA,’ and then it pretty much is.
– Jesy Nelson via Digital Spy
We’ve always wanted to do one. We love the sound of ‘DNA’ and we love being that weird character that’s strong and powerful… s...