[Verse 1] Clouds were stacked above the county line Rain came hard on the hood of the truck You said, “Stay close, the sky is changing” Then the whole field opened up [Pre-Chorus] A blue-white split across the pasture No warning carved into the air We stood frozen by the fence post Like the answer might be there [Chorus] Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits It always comes during a thunderstorm But I’ve seen it on a clear day With the whole wide sky warm Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits No promise, no reason, no sign I watched it tear through the afternoon And leave your hand inside mine [Verse 2] August heat on the motel railing A glass of water sweating through Not a drop on the county highway Just a flash that split the blue [Pre-Chorus] The radio lost its station The trees went still without a sound Then thunder rolled from miles away Though there wasn’t a cloud around [Chorus] Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits It always comes during a thunderstorm But I’ve seen it on a clear day With the whole wide sky warm Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits No promise, no reason, no sign I watched it tear through the afternoon And leave your hand inside mine [Bridge] Maybe the ground keeps old directions Maybe the charge knows where to go Maybe some doors swing wide forever When nobody tells them so [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits It always comes during a thunderstorm But I’ve seen it on a clear day With the whole wide sky warm Lightning doesn’t choose who it hits No promise, no reason, no sign I watched it tear through the afternoon And leave your hand inside mine [Outro] Clear day, warm air, one flash in the blue No warning, no shelter—just me and you
