Thunderstruck Lyrics - Mobile Orchestra - Owl City

"Thunderstruck" is the "Text Book-Owl City Song" to me. 

It dosen't forge ahead into to many unexplored territories, 

But I think it does revisit a lot of the familiar places we've been before, 

So I also think it does pulls imagery from the entire Owl City discography. 

(Music) 

Sarah Russel is this fantastic artist from the U.K I met a couple of years ago, 

I remember hearing her sing for the first time and just thinking: "Wow, I need to work with her some day" 

I knew right away that i wanted to colaborate with her, 

Because her voice has this ability to make your heart skip a beat. 

I finished writing the lyrics for "Thunderstruck" 

And I sent Sarah a demo, 

Which she was so gracious to say she enjoyed and 

Even more graciously agreed to feature on the song 

She sang what i had written, and then she recorded a few other tracks 

Which were pure gold, and I used every one of 'em 

Throughout the song. 

"Thunderstruck" is this perfect example of a song 

Which I never would have been able to pull of the way it exists 

Without Sarah, 

And without her talent 

She just took the demo I had started 

Which was really Middle of the road 

And she gave it wings, you know? 

She made it magical. 

(Music) 

The production of the track is maybe the most complicated 

Of all the songs on the album, 

Because it got a lot of fancy production tricks happening 

At any given moment 

It's really inspired by my love of Electro House, 

It has elements of Dubstep, Trance and EDM 

It's sort of my hommage to all these genres 

Which I really look up to a lot. 

There is a lot of funny easter eggs in this song, 

Like samples of me doing random stuff, 

Like shouting, 

Samples of random things around my house, that I recorded 

Like doors slamming, even samples of me skateboarding on the driveway and stuff 

I love recording those things around my house 

And finding ways to work those things into a production 

(Music) 

The heart and soul of the song lyrically, 

Is about feeling speechless when you fall in love for the first time 

And how powerful that is 

How you feel like you are floating, a few feet of the ground 

Wherever you go 

And how intoxicating that feeling is 

You just want to shout it from the rooftops 

The catch is though, the charachter in the song 

Has just fallen in love with a ghost 

Is also something i tend to write a lot about: 

Two characthers falling in love, 

And that love being doomed from the start 

Because it defies physical and emotional boundaries 

I think that is so tragic and beautiful in an Edgar Alan Poe kind of way 

Yeah, I like writing love songs, but, 

As I get older, and the more I write music 

I think I gravitate to writing love songs 

That have a sad twist to them 

And "Thunderstruck" is a good example of that. 

I don't know why, I just enjoy that blend of bitter-sweet 

Having just finnished the record 

I'm so excited playing this song live 

Because 

Some of the songs from the past tend to be very busy with vocals 

And, some of the favourite songs to play 

Are kind of half-music, half-vocals 

Like this song 

So I'm so excited to just close my eyes 

And let the power of the music take me away. 

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