The Rain
Harvest of Heartbreak: Carlene Carter's Rain-soaked Melancholy
Lyrics
How long
Expressing a sense of time passing or separation.
Has it been dear
Addressing someone dear, possibly reflecting on their relationship.
Since we felt the rain
Recalling the last time they experienced emotional intensity or connection.
Endless were our summers
Describing a period of enduring happiness and contentment.
Until the weather changed
Highlighting a change in circumstances or emotions.
Our love was lifted like a harvest
Metaphorically depicting their love as a bountiful harvest.
No winter in your eyes
Emphasizing the warmth and positivity in the past.
Now cold winds cut Right through us
Describing the current emotional coldness and hardship.
And so the harvest dies
Conveying the decline or end of the positive phase in their relationship.
Stranded and lost without you
Expressing a feeling of being isolated and adrift without the person.
My pain lives in this house
Associating pain with the physical space they shared.
It's like your heart here
Symbolizing emotional emptiness and coldness in the absence of the person.
Empty and cold dear
Comparing the house to the person's heart, both empty and cold.
My wild birds flying south
Using birds flying south as a metaphor for departure or change.
I know that you can hear me
Asserting that the person can hear the speaker's emotional pain.
Crying
Expressing audible cries, indicative of emotional distress.
Where did I
Pondering where things went wrong in the relationship.
Go wrong
Questioning the cause of the emotional storm in the person's heart.
What brought this storm
Reflecting on the unexpected turbulence in the person's emotions.
Into your heart
Asking why the person's feelings changed after a long period of love.
After loving me so long
Expressing confusion and seeking an explanation for the change.
Someday
Suggesting a future time when blame might be assigned to the rain.
Maybe you'll blame
Anticipating a potential attribution of blame to external factors.
All this on the rain
Linking the rain to the difficulties in the relationship.
But until then
Expressing a period of waiting or uncertainty until blame is assigned.
Love's the one thing
Acknowledging that love is the one emotion that will not be felt again.
I'll never feel again
Highlighting the enduring impact of lost love.
And after all my tears have
Referring to a point where tears have overwhelmed the speaker.
Drowned me
Indicating a state of emotional drowning caused by the relationship's end.
And nothing else
Stating that nothing else remains after the emotional turmoil.
Remains
Emphasizing the emptiness left after the relationship's dissolution.
I'll be one step short of heaven
Expressing a state close to happiness but falling short.
Seeking shelter from the rain
Seeking refuge from the emotional storm in the metaphorical rain.
Someday
Repeating the anticipation of blaming the rain in the future.
Maybe you'll blame
Reiterating the idea of attributing difficulties to external factors.
All this on the rain
Restating the waiting period until blame is assigned.
But until then
Reemphasizing that love is the one emotion that will not be felt again.
Love's the one thing
Underscoring the lasting impact of lost love.
I'll never feel again
Affirming the finality of not experiencing love again.
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