Philip Glass, Susanne Vega - "Lightning"

Lightning struck a while ago
And it's blazing much too fast
But give it rain of waiting time
And it will surely pass
Blow over
And it's happening so quickly
As I feel the flaming time
And I grope about the embers
To relieve my stormy mind
Blow over
Shaken this has left me
And laughing and undone
With a blinding bolt of sleeplessness
That's just begun
And a windy crazy running
Through the nights and through the days
And a crackling
Of the time burned away
Burned away
Now I feel it in my blood
All hot and sharp and white
With a whipcrack and a thunder
And a flash of flooding light
But there'll be a thick and smoky
Silence in the air
When the fire finally dies
And I'm wondering who'll be left there
In the ashes of time
Burned away
Burned away

Vocals Janis Perdarvis from "Songs from Liquid Days" (1986)

On the project, Glass said:
"The words come first. From these I fashioned a set of six songs which, together, form a cycle of themes ranging from reflections on nature to classic romantic settings. After the music was written, I — along with producer Kurt Munkacsi and conductor Michael Riesman— began the long and difficult process of 'casting' singers for the individual songs. We felt that the interpretation a singer brings to a song is an immense contribution to its character — contributing their own personality to the work perhaps more than any other performer."
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_Liquid_Days)

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[giancarlobuzzanca]

@CDCANDIES Is Janice !

[CDCANDIES]

Are you not sure that this Janice Pendarviss?

[giancarlobuzzanca]

@MuzikJunkyAES OH !!! I' ve wright the name wrong ! But in "See more" is right !!! Excuse me and peace !

[MuzikJunkyAES]

Janis Pendarvis is the vocalist. Peace.