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Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Canonical path: /smashing-pumpkins/lightning-strikes
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Lightning Strikes
Read Lightning Strikes lyrics by The Smashing Pumpkins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lightning Strikes
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Life on telephones
Love on open roads
Into great unknowns
I stumble brightly
Indigo, breathless yet
I'll link to your regret
Sunflowers as teachers pets
Bent from lightning
I'll bet
I'll bend for you
Shadows give your light to me
Shadows give your light to me
In the ways the city
(In the ways, it)
Pours itself out
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
Beyond your doubt
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
All right now
Eastern days, I'm unafraid
'Cause love to me is such a game
That I believe I can't embrace
The dreams of lovers
Eastern days, I'm unafraid
'Cause love to me is such a game
That I believe I can't embrace
The dreams of lovers
I'll bend for you
Shadows give your light to me
Shadows give your light to me
In the ways the city
(In the ways, it)
Pours itself out
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
Beyond your doubt
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
All right now
Zen baby, lightning strikes
The same heart, but never twice
Zen baby, we've got to fight
For what's real and what becomes the night
In the ways the city
(In the ways, it)
Pours itself out
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
Beyond your doubt
You can make this happen
(You can make it)
All right now
You can make this happen
You can make this happen
All right now
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