Beck

Released: November 22, 2019

Songwriter: Beck Pharrell Williams

Producer: Pharrell Williams Beck

There was a day I saw lightning
There was a day I saw lightning
I said hey, hey, hey
I said ho, ho, ho
I said haa, haa, haa
I said hee, hee, hee

I saw wind and rain
Saw mountains fall
Saw temples burn
And prison walls

I saw floods comin'
And children run
I saw no more shelter
No more sun

Then it came to me in a flash of light
Sycamore tree in the dead of night
Bottom bell in the longest day
In the hottest wind, I'm in the falling rain
I saw lightning, I saw lightning, I saw lightning, I saw lightning

And I held my head up but it struck me down
It struck me down, and it struck me down
Struck me down
Struck me down to the ground

I said Lord, won't you take me and lead me to the light?
Lord, won't you take me and lead me to the light?

There was a day I saw lightning

Beck took the lo-fi sound of DIY indie rock to the Billboard charts in 1994 with his slacker anthem “Loser,” but his avant-pop palette extends well beyond the folk-rap beats and samples of that hit; encompassing everything from funk, soul, and psychedelia to wild experiments with feedback, toy instruments, and found sounds. Plus, his disjointed, surreal lyrics (which were often compared to Highway 61 Revisited-era Bob Dylan) made for an alt-pop sound that helped define the ‘90s and made Beck one of the most interesting musicians of his era.

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