Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt

[Strat]

The ending is somewhat reminiscent of MFC.

Hmm.

[stupidmop]

she come on like a stone
but she don't know where from she was thrown
like a burning meteor
????

Shes looking for a place to land
She said you got yourselves some sand
And whatever you (?) she took as (?)

Now she comes (?)
With her new replanted seeds
soon you're thrown down on your knees
And then you're dead

And then before you know
the weeds are (obesly?) overgrown
With the all the wild seeds she sows
in your sleep

you gotta know you'll never let her go
Shes a lightning bolt
lightning boltx2

Always something and never nothing
isn't that the way we're taught to dream, to dream
looking through the worn out pages
stages when you knew not who to be
until the lightning strike sets you free

you gotta know you'll never let her go
Shes a lightning bolt
lightning boltx2

crashing so many waves (really ed, again?)
??? shoreline every day
????? choose to sing (i got nothing for this verse basically)

And then before you know
the weeds are (obesly?) overgrown
With the all the wild seeds she sows
in your sleep

ksghfjkghkjhgkjhgjkgfhblarg
blargh blargh with you hey hey yeah hey yeah
(i think this is an actual verse as opposed to random adlibs but i got nothing)

Shes a lightning bolt
never let her go
Shes a lightning bolt
never let her go

wehoo

JAAAMMMM


These are probably mostly wrong


Like force of nature with slightly less cheese maybe.

My Guess:
Crashing stormy waves
Erode her shoreline every day
Until the castle of her……turns to sand

i definitely hear castle, just didn't know what to put round it.

The ending is somewhat reminiscent of MFC.

Hmm.

Yieldy!

[tommymtcom]

she come on like a stone

I think this line is "She comes on like a storm"

[tommymtcom]

This track definitely sounds like a Backspacer song. Kinda reminds me of Unknown Thought (after one listen)

[lecherouslittlestump]

Man, I fuckin love it. Just sounds like a great song to blast while driving. I mean, I hope the rest of the album has a bit more substance, but I am really liking this.

[stupidmop]

she come on like a stone

I think this line is "She comes on like a storm"

you're right

she comes on like a storm
but she don't know where from she was grown
like a burning meteor
for miles high

i think

and "newly planted seeds" not replanted

[harmless]

If that word is 'meteor', then it's far more likely that the previous words are 'stone' and 'thrown'. Otherwise it's an awful mixed metaphor. Which I wouldn't put past Ed, but yeah.

[harmless]

My wife and I both officially think this song is OK but we hope that some of the Mike fiddling at the end is cut. It's kind of boring and the song itself doesn't earn it.

[MemoFromTurner]

Some Unthought Known. Some Force of Nature. Not hearing anything new or different. The lyrics from what i can make out are lame. If this song has been gestating for a long time and these are the words Ed sat on forever than wow. He's semi-retired. I heard "She comes on like a storm" which is a boring line. If it's "stone", that's gawd awful. Hopefully not.

Listening last night from Earthcam I kinda liked the music from a distance. Definitely has a Who vibe. Seems like they could have done something nice with this in the studio. From the videos this morning it's sounding a little too Backspacer poppy after promises of Pink Floyd atmosphere.

I may end up really liking this but first listens, meh.

[dprival78]

My wife and I both officially think this song is OK but we hope that some of the Mike fiddling at the end is cut. It's kind of boring and the song itself doesn't earn it.

looks like eddie forced the e-bow on mike

[MemoFromTurner]

If that word is 'meteor', then it's far more likely that the previous words are 'stone' and 'thrown'. Otherwise it's an awful mixed metaphor. Which I wouldn't put past Ed, but yeah.

Our choices are worst song opening lyric "she comes on like a stone" or confused metaphor. Pick your poison.

[harmless]

'Storm' and 'stone' are both pretty bad. If not bad, then at least stereotypically 'rock' and unimaginative. Rock has used stone and storm metaphors since forever.

[Kevin Davis]

I'm not sure good rock music exists that's uplifting by design.

Can you describe "uplifting by design?"

I'm inclined to find this statement silly but figure I should ask for clarification first.

[harmless]

I mean, it's called 'Rock' FFS.

[stupidmop]

If that word is 'meteor', then it's far more likely that the previous words are 'stone' and 'thrown'. Otherwise it's an awful mixed metaphor. Which I wouldn't put past Ed, but yeah.

I thought of that, but i'm definitely hearing grown now. So i dunno.

No ones got anything other than obesely overgrown? lol

I like mike's noodling. The best part of this song are the jammy bits. And the chorus

[MemoFromTurner]

She passes like a stone...

Go for it Ed! The kidney stone simile is just sitting there waiting for you.

[---]

so this is the song they thought fitting of titling the record after, huh?

MYM is better than this song, which seems cut from the same uninspired cloth that unthought known, amongst the waves, etc were cut from. not impressed.

[harmless]

She passes like a stone...

Go for it Ed! The kidney stone simile is just sitting there waiting for you.

[harmless]

so this is the song they thought fitting of titling the name after, huh?

MYM is better than this song, which seems cut from the same uninspired cloth that unthought known, amongst the waves, etc were cut from. not impressed.

What songs are included in your 'etc.' here?

[Tuolumne]

Alright, so I was there, and on the field, and got to hear a very crystal clear version of the song. My initial thoughts:

This is a step forward and continued progress for the band. The song has lift, dynamics, slower sections with melody, and then the rocking parts that take the song to a different place. Not sure if it comes through on the YouTube audio, but there are some nice Binaural era arpeggios going on. And Mike is using an ebow and just shredding it. I'm not sure we've ever seen him use that. Maybe comes from his soundtrack work. If I were to describe it, I'd say its Binaural meets Backspacer. It still has the melodic tightness I like in Backspacer (which I'm a fan of, suck it haters) but some added song structure from the Ed binaural tracks. The hook of the song is Backspacer and the jam is Binaural live era to me. Just my opinion. I think this is what Mike was talking about as an extension of Backspacer. It's got the uplift and punch of Backspacer (for which some people don't want to be uplifted I guess?) It takes some of the stuff they developed and stretched it out, made it jammier and more solos.

I know some people want them to go backwards like No Code era or something. But to me that's akin to when Ten era fans got mad when they got into the middle period. They're still moving forward.

I'll post a more complete review of the show. Very unique experience to say the least.