Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mariah Carey
Performer
Tricky Stewart
Keyboards
James"Big Jim" Wright
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mariah Carey
Songwriter
James"Big Jim" Wright
Songwriter
Christopher Stewart
Songwriter
Crystal Johnson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mariah Carey
Producer
Tricky Stewart
Producer
Brian Garten
Recording Engineer
Brian "B. Luv" Thomas
Recording Engineer
James"Big Jim" Wright
Producer
Luis Navarro
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jaymz Hardy-Martin III
Recording Engineer
Phil Tan
Mixing Engineer
Carlos Oyanedel
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Damien Lewis
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I shouldn't have walked away
I would've stayed if you said
We could've made everything OK
But we just
Threw the blame back and forth
We treated love like a sport
The final blow hit so low
I'm still on the ground
[Verse 2]
I couldn't have prepared myself for this fall
Shattered in pieces curled on the floor
Super natural love conquers all
'Member we used to touch the sky
[Verse 3]
And lightning don't strike
The same place twice
When you and I said goodbye
I felt the angels cry
True love's a gift
We let it drift
In a storm
Every night
I feel the angels cry
[Verse 4]
C'mon babe can't our love be revived
Bring it back and we gon' make it right
I'm on the edge just tryin' to survive
As the angels cry
[Verse 5]
I thought we'd be forever and always
You were serenity
You took away the bad days
Didn't always treat you right
But it was OK
I do somethin' stupid
And you still stay with me
[Verse 6]
But you can only go for so long
Doing the one you claim to love wrong
Before too much is enough
You look up
Find your love gone
And
[Verse 7]
We were so good together
How come we could not weather
This storm and just do better
Why did we say goodbye
[Verse 8]
'Cause lightning don't strike
The same place twice
When you and I said goodbye
I felt the angels cry
True love's a gift
We let it drift
In a storm
Now every night
I feel the angels cry
[Verse 9]
C'mon babe can't our love be revived
Bring it back and we gon' make it right
I'm on the edge just tryin' to survive
As the angels cry
[Verse 10]
Baby I'm missin' you
Don't allow love to lose
We gotta ride it through
I'm reaching for you
[Verse 11]
Baby I'm missin' you
Don't allow love to lose
We gotta ride it through
I'm reaching for you
[Verse 12]
Lightning don't strike
The same place twice
When you and I said goodbye
I felt the angels cry
True love's a gift
But we let it slip
In a storm
Every night
I feel the angels cry
Oh babe, the angels cry
Written by: Christopher Stewart, Crystal Johnson, James Wright, Mariah Carey, Shaffer Smith