Name: white lightning
Duration: P00H03M25S
Description: This song is about my memories growing up in the Midwest and that unmistakable feeling that the sky is bigger where the ground is flatter, and the shimmering hope you feel when you can see for miles; but more so, it’s about how I felt that same familiarity and comfort upon meeting my soulmate, fast as a lightning strike.

white lightning

by Heddy Edwards

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This song is about my memories growing up in the Midwest and that unmistakable feeling that the sky is bigger where the ground is flatter, and the shimmering hope you feel when you can see for miles; but more so, it’s about how I felt that same familiarity and comfort upon meeting my soulmate, fast as a lightning strike.

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[Verse 1]
Oh darlin' let’s set the scene
I was riding through countryside
Daydreams and sweet sixteen
The view from the passenger seat

All I saw were fields for miles
And everything I wanted to be
Oh that feeling stayed with me
‘Til I was twenty-three

[Pre-Chorus]
And you took one look at me
And I couldn't take it
Just for a minute
I was back under that wide open sky

[Chorus]
It struck me down all this white lightning
Fell to the ground and then you came running
It's all so clear, everything is happenin’ here

You struck me down with all your white lightning
Cornflower blue swirling in your iris
It's all so clear, everything is happenin' here

[Verse 2]
Electric air against my skin
Rosy flush from the wind
Cell towers perched tall
Hovering above it all

Everything within my grasp
Even what wasn't meant to last
I felt I'd find you in my bones
Telephone wires led me home

[Pre-Chorus]
And you took one look at me
And I couldn't take it
Just for a minute
I was back under that wide open sky

[Chorus]
It struck me down all this white lightning
Fell to the ground and then you came running
It's all so clear, everything is happenin' here

You struck me down with all your white lightning
Cornflower blue swirling in your iris
It’s all so clear, everything is happenin’ here

[Bridge]
I felt it in my soul
I couldn't let you go
I didn’t tell you though
‘Til you had to know

[Outro]
You struck me down
You struck me down
With all your white
With all your white lightning

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released August 13, 2021
Written by Heddy Edwards

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Heddy Edwards Arlington, Virginia

Heddy Edwards is an independent singer-songwriter and producer, fusing saccharine vocals that recall acts like Mazzy Star and The Sundays with the rare rock-poet prowess of icons like Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. Her music lives at the axis of shimmering dream pop guitars, 80s synths, and the emotional honesty of 90s pop-rock. ... more

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