Saddle in the Rain
Saddle in the Rain: Searching for Peace Amidst Life's Storms
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I wish, I hope, I wonder where you're at sometimes
I wonder about your whereabouts and well-being at times
Is your back against the wall or just across the line?
Are you facing challenges or just crossing a moral boundary?
Have you been standing in the rain reciting nursery rhymes?
Have you endured difficulties while reminiscing childhood rhymes in the rain?
Trying to recall some long lost kind of peace of mind
Attempting to remember a lost sense of peace
Try spending the night sometime all alone in a frozen room
Experience spending a night alone in a cold room
Afterneath you've lain your saddle in the rain
Metaphorically, after facing challenges, your burden remains (saddle in the rain)
I dreamed they locked God up down in my basement
Imaginary scenario of God being confined, waiting for a significant event
And he waited there for me to have this accident
An accident is a prelude for God to consume and absorb the narrator's experiences
So he could drink my wine and eat me like a sacrament
God using the narrator's life as a sacred ritual, and the narrator passively observes
And I just stood there like I do, then I came and went
Narrator's passive response to events, coming and going without resistance
I came and went like a bird in a foreign sky
A transient existence, like a bird in unfamiliar skies
Couldn't even say goodbye or come and share the pain
Unable to say goodbye or share emotional burdens
My saddle's in the rain
Metaphorical representation of enduring hardships (saddle in the rain)
I saw a friend who doesn't know if I'm his friend just yet
Encountering a friend with uncertain feelings towards the narrator
His eyes and mouth were widely open and his jaw was set
Friend appears shocked and uncertain, possibly facing personal challenges
Like he'd fell off a cliff and hadn't hit the bottom yet
Metaphor of a fall without reaching the bottom, symbolizing ongoing struggles
I wish he wouldn't pull those things on me without a net
Desire for the friend not to surprise or burden the narrator without preparation
I had him up to the house one time, we was having a real good time
Past positive experience with the friend turns negative due to their actions
Then he went and lain his saddle in the rain
Friend repeats the pattern of facing challenges (saddle in the rain)
In a laundromat not too far from the Alamo
Reference to a laundromat near the Alamo with personal significance
Sits a girl who stole my records very long ago
A girl who took the narrator's records in the past, dwelling on regret
And she wishes, wants and washes out those dirty clothes
The girl wishes, cleanses, and longs for redemption with a metaphorical reference
As she shuts her eyes and dreams about her one-eyed Joe
Imaginary scenario involving a person named Joe, possibly a lost love
Car parked on a dirty road, heaven knows the load she pulled
Describing a difficult situation, burden, or emotional weight the girl carries
Couldn't take the strain, a saddle in the rain
Symbolic representation of enduring hardship (saddle in the rain)
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