Lyrics
These are the many things that I think I need
Expressing a list of perceived necessities for happiness
To be happy in this sick, strange dream
Referring to life as a bizarre and unsettling dream
These are the many things that I think I need
Repetition of the list of perceived necessities
If I'm gonna be happy
Stating the conditions required for achieving happiness
I need money, I need a plan
Highlighting the importance of money and having a plan
I need a purpose, to help me understand
Expressing the need for a purpose to gain understanding
That a wallet filled with cash
Emphasizing that material wealth won't fulfill emotional needs
Ain't gonna fill my heart, fill my soul
Stressing the insufficiency of a rich wallet for fulfillment
Better give it all up let everything go
Suggesting a willingness to abandon everything for happiness
Gotta give it all up let everything go
Repeating the idea of letting go of everything for happiness
Gotta give it all up let everything go
-These are the many ways that I do believe
Enumerating various beliefs that lead to grinning despite misery
That I'm grinning in my misery
Acknowledging a paradoxical state of happiness in suffering
These are the many ways that I'm on my knees
Describing ways of being humble or submissive
Am I making you happy?
Questioning if one's actions contribute to another's happiness
As a singer in a band?
Pondering various roles (singer, preacher, doctor) and their impact
As a preacher in the promised land?
-As a doctor, a cardiac?
-Better fix my heart, fix my soul
Recognizing the need for personal healing and transformation
Or baby give it all up let everything go
Advocating the release of attachments for personal growth
'Cause I met you in the pouring rain
Recalling a transformative meeting in the rain
We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the pouring rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the pouring rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the cold cold rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
-These are the many times that I have been taught
Reflecting on the lessons learned throughout life
To be happy with the things I've got
Advising contentment with one's current possessions
These are the many times I must have forgot
Admitting forgetfulness about appreciating life's blessings
Anyone can be happy with life at it is
Stating that anyone can find happiness with forgiveness and love
If we learn to forgive, and give love
Emphasizing the transformative power of love and forgiveness
Let it in, let it lift our heart, lift our soul
Encouraging the acceptance of love to uplift the heart and soul
Baby give it all up let everything go
Reiterating the idea of letting go for ultimate happiness
'Cause I met you in the pouring rain
Revisiting the transformative meeting in the pouring rain
We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the pouring rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the pouring rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
-When I met you in the cold cold rain
-We both knew life would never be the same
Reaffirming the irreversible change brought about by that meeting
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