@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Oh, notorious lightning
Yes, I had to ride you
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you
I was told never to question it
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night
I tried to ingest the snow so lightly, huh?
You simply couldn't put down the black book
You dreamt the dreams of the self-taught man
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks
But your voice comes out soft and slanted
And you're living off what the government's granted you
Amnesty from the true thing
Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch notorious lightning surround you
Watch notorious lightning surround you
Watch notorious lightning surround you
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground
And have not grown from this worship
I lay myself down to surrender, watch the trust funds gorge us again
And have not grown from this worship
So, great pretender, pull a face
Let's see the best "forlorn," you know
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning"
It's been three days in a row
And it never comes off like you planned it
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
But, oh, there is a key to this thing
Notorious lightning
There is a monument
There is a place within it that I have won
And there is victory at sea
And then there's the sun crashing down upon us
Faithful readership of the Old Warden
We beg, "no not another ode to the Garden
You've let the book of appeals pile up"
So, child of the East
It's time to shrug off the beast and take a look at what you've done
The half-breed jury agrees you're okay
But what they never seem to say is that it's never the defense's witness
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
(And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free)
Yes, I had to ride you
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you
I was told never to question it
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night
I tried to ingest the snow so lightly, huh?
You simply couldn't put down the black book
You dreamt the dreams of the self-taught man
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks
But your voice comes out soft and slanted
And you're living off what the government's granted you
Amnesty from the true thing
Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch notorious lightning surround you
Watch notorious lightning surround you
Watch notorious lightning surround you
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground
And have not grown from this worship
I lay myself down to surrender, watch the trust funds gorge us again
And have not grown from this worship
So, great pretender, pull a face
Let's see the best "forlorn," you know
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning"
It's been three days in a row
And it never comes off like you planned it
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
But, oh, there is a key to this thing
Notorious lightning
There is a monument
There is a place within it that I have won
And there is victory at sea
And then there's the sun crashing down upon us
Faithful readership of the Old Warden
We beg, "no not another ode to the Garden
You've let the book of appeals pile up"
So, child of the East
It's time to shrug off the beast and take a look at what you've done
The half-breed jury agrees you're okay
But what they never seem to say is that it's never the defense's witness
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
(And someone's got to fall before someone goes free
And someone's got to fall before someone goes free)
Lyrics submitted by double sharks
Notorious Lightning Lyrics as written by Daniel Bejar
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave
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i have no clue what this is really about but i don't care/mind, the climax hurts me in a good way.
injest the snow? crystal jets? none of beggard's music seems to have any drug reference and i feel i've jsut been rubbed the wrong was by the opening of this song, still no clue though
this song has a lot of references to god. it could be bejar questioning god and his motives, possibly. notorious lightning could represent god easily and the reference to "the garden" (the goarden of eden), "have not grown from this worship."...
this probably isn't what bejar means by crash the crystal jets but in a rain cloud when crystals of ice collide they can form lightning bolts fun coincidence