We Look Like Lightning
The Wonder Years * Track #7 On Sister Cities
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We Look Like Lightning by The Wonder Years
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The Wonder YearsProduced by
Carlos de la Garza & Joe ChiccarelliWrited by
Dan CampbellAbout
“We Look Like Lightning” is about fearing for your death while on a rocky flight. During the band’s world tour in support of their previous album No Closer To Heaven, they boarded upwards of forty flights in a year. As singer Dan Campbell puts it, “Just by the odds, some of those flights were really...
We Look Like Lightning Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I forgot what month it is again
I'm half awake
I know it's wrong but I swear to God it's almost Christmas
In a language I don't understand
There's a shaking voice on the PA
The other passengers seem nervous
[Chorus]
I'm playing "What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
What song do you...
[Verse 2]
I’m suddenly aware of our speed
Sew the world together tightly
Cinch the gaps with pins and string
And the beacon out there on the wing
It lights the clouds from inside out
And from the ground we look like lightning
[Chorus]
I'm playing "What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
What song do you...
[Verse 3]
I'm everywhere at once again
I hear the ocean in the engine
I feel the moonlight creeping in
Maybe it's all in my head
An unknown foreign presence in your bloodstream
I'm a stranger in my bed
[Chorus]
I'm playing "What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
"What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
"What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
"What Song Do You Wanna Die To?"
What song do you?
[Bridge]
I'm flashing back to us one night in a prairie town
(Tornado alley, outrunning a storm)
They can see the dirt there under my fingernails
(I'm just a pile of bones left on an airport floor)
The bags under my eyes have got space when you bottom out
(To pack your things and make a break for the door)
One day the things you love are gonna put you in the ground
(But I'm planning on running 'til I can't run anymore)
[Outro]
What song do you wanna die to?
What song do you wanna die to?
What song do you wanna die to?
What song do you?
What song do you?
What song do you?
We Look Like Lightning Q&A
Who wrote We Look Like Lightning's ?
We Look Like Lightning was written by Dan Campbell.
Who produced We Look Like Lightning's ?
We Look Like Lightning was produced by Carlos de la Garza & Joe Chiccarelli.
When did The Wonder Years release We Look Like Lightning?
The Wonder Years released We Look Like Lightning on Mon Jan 29 2018.
What did The Wonder Years say about "We Look Like Lightning"?
In an interview with British music magazine Upset, Campbell reflected on the subject of this song:
There’s a certain feeling I get where I’m in the air where I almost I feel like I cease to exist until we’re back on the ground. It’s like I‘m nowhere. Air travel can be terrifying. Just by the odds,...