A harsher alternative meaning for "go with the flow."
Going with the flow implies just going with whatever happens.
Since lightning is so fast, deadly, etc., "riding the lightning" denotes a "fuck it all" mentality in which the person is so fed up, that they ultimately concede and just adapt or let themselves go to arbitrary circumstance, no matter how austere or violent it may be.
Going with the flow implies just going with whatever happens.
Since lightning is so fast, deadly, etc., "riding the lightning" denotes a "fuck it all" mentality in which the person is so fed up, that they ultimately concede and just adapt or let themselves go to arbitrary circumstance, no matter how austere or violent it may be.
by cleon24769 April 23, 2008
1. Shot to death on a traffic stop
2. Electrocuted, especially an electric chair execution
3. A song and album by Metallica
2. Electrocuted, especially an electric chair execution
3. A song and album by Metallica
Cop(gun drawn): Get out the car!!
Driver: What’s going on?
Cop: What’s going on is you fixin to ride the lightning son
Driver: Uhh...
Driver: What’s going on?
Cop: What’s going on is you fixin to ride the lightning son
Driver: Uhh...
by Big_bobby April 13, 2021
by MetallilbangeR April 5, 2005
A popular phrase used to refer to being electrocuted in an electric chair. Also used as an acronym for Let 'er buck, meaning to let the situation play out naturally and see what the results are.
Ted: I don't think I'm going to pass this exam tomorrow, I've barely studied for it and don't understand.
Bill: Sometimes you just have to Ride the Lightning and see what happens, I'm sure it'll work out.
Bill: Sometimes you just have to Ride the Lightning and see what happens, I'm sure it'll work out.
by SomOfRambo December 7, 2019
by Swagmoding April 26, 2023
Guy 1: hearing 'Guilty as charged
But damn it, it ain't right
There is someone else controlling me"
guy 2: nope, there is no way in a kazillion years that Kidz bop will ever cover ride the lightning song
But damn it, it ain't right
There is someone else controlling me"
guy 2: nope, there is no way in a kazillion years that Kidz bop will ever cover ride the lightning song
by Nukes.io February 21, 2020
Quite the album. Except for one song, all of them are quality. The exception is Fight Fire With Fire. Ya. In my opinion tied for Metallica's second best album with the black album, and behind Master of Puppets. However, It has my two fave Metallica songs being Fade to Black and For Whom the Bell Tolls. But all of the songs are amazin, you just never listen to them. The title song is amazin.
by METAL HEALTH! November 18, 2005