In "Lightning Strikes," Passenger faces a relationship stuck in stubborn opposition, where every feeling and choice splits into day and night, black and white, yes and no. The repeated wish to love without fighting keeps colliding with the other person's refusal to yield, leaving affection tangled in frustration. The thunder before lightning becomes the song's central image, suggesting that turmoil and warning arrive before the sudden, clarifying strike of change. The emotional message is that peace may only come after the storm has fully announced itself.
Lightning Strikes Lyrics by Passenger
You say it’s wrong, I say it’s right
You say it’s day, I say it’s night
You see black, I see white
I wanna love you, I don’t wanna fight
You say it’s false, I say it’s true
You say it’s me, I say it’s you
I see red, you see blue
I wanna love you but what can I do?
If you let yourself go then you’d feel alright
Stare into the dark and you’d see the light
Listen real close and you just might
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
I say yes, you say no
I say high, you say low
I say stop, you say go
How can I love you if you won’t let go?
If you let yourself go then you’d feel alright
Stare into the dark and you’d see the light
Listen real close and you just might
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
If you let yourself go then you’d feel alright
Stare into the dark and you’d see the light
Listen real close and you just might
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
Hear the thunder roll before the lightning strikes
