Wash Away
Eternal Rain: A Heart's Undoing in Alkaline Trio's 'Wash Away'
Lyrics
Sad memories the gathering rain brings
Sad memories arise with the falling rain.
I loved her but I'll never see her again
Expressing love for someone lost, acknowledging the impossibility of seeing her again.
Clouds raise their heads in the morning
Clouds appear in the morning, setting a somber atmosphere.
The way I once walked on by her
Reflecting on a past time when the narrator used to walk past the person.
But now she's gone and I'll never raise my face again
She is now gone, and the narrator feels unable to face the world.
White horses dragged my lover from me
Imagery of loss – the departure of a lover represented by "white horses."
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
The emotional pain intensifies with the arrival of rain, metaphorically drowning the sorrow.
My friends try to lift me
Friends attempt to console the narrator.
They understand how I'm feeling
Friends empathize with the narrator's emotions.
But the truth holds me down
The truth or reality of the situation weighs heavily on the narrator.
She came and went with the rain
The person came into the narrator's life and left, akin to the transience of rain.
White horses dragged my lover from me
Reiteration of the lover's departure symbolized by "white horses."
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow...
The emotional pain continues to be overwhelmed by rain.
With the rain
The sorrow is drowned with rain, emphasizing its intensity.
Now always the storms come...
Anticipation of recurring storms in life.
Raindrops run down my windows
Visual description of raindrops on windows, enhancing the atmosphere of loss.
All that's left is her picture
The only remnant is a picture of the departed person.
But someday it to will
Acknowledgment that even the picture will eventually fade or be lost.
Wash away...
Expressing the inevitability of the memories washing away.
Wash away...
Repetition emphasizing the gradual disappearance of memories.
I watched her walk away,
Recalling the painful moment of watching the lover walk away in the rain.
With the rain
Reiterating the connection between the lover's departure and the rain.
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