Cause of the Rain
Unveiling Hidden Pain: Cause of the Rain's Poignant Tale
Lyrics
Evangeline is leaving home yeah
Evangeline is leaving home, expressing a departure.
Said don't come for me after I'm gone
A request not to be pursued or sought after once gone.
No one round here ever heard of Coltrane
No familiarity with Coltrane, possibly symbolizing cultural disconnection.
And its too sad to laugh and its too lost to cry
A state of emotional numbness, too sad to laugh and too lost to cry.
Rub Fly agaric on your broomstick get naked and ride
A vivid, mystical image suggesting unconventional actions.
And the girls are painting their faces just to hide the pain
Girls using makeup to conceal emotional pain.
They hang around here like the cause of the rain
People lingering like the cause of rain, possibly as symbols of lingering problems.
It's how pornography feels before you're ready to see
Comparing a feeling to the anticipation before seeing pornography.
The beggars all know when hungry you read
A reflection on hunger and the desperation it brings.
And the boys still dragging the girls down Blunderbuss Lane
Negative influence, with boys pulling girls down Blunderbuss Lane.
And the bad ones round there born to tell every lie
Bad individuals born to spread lies in the community.
The coffee's cold and lipstick dry
Depicting a mundane and unfulfilling moment with cold coffee and dry lipstick.
There's a stranger in town but no one can say his name
An unknown stranger in town adds mystery and unease.
They hang around here like the cause of the rain
People lingering with a sense of being responsible for the rain.
The night cleaners dream of the breached municipal floor
Night cleaners dreaming of a violated municipal floor, possibly alluding to traumatic experiences.
Spilled their blessed dead across the glories of war
A dark image of death in war, with spilled blood and glories tainted.
And a quart of hope shall fall that they won't explain
An unexplained quart of hope falling, adding to the mystery.
And the sunflowers all broke the air heavy and torn
Sunflowers breaking the air, symbolizing destruction and heaviness.
Evangeline's bootlegged heart left with the storm
Evangeline's heart, possibly metaphorical, departing with a storm.
And the quartet were on fire but nobody came
A quartet on fire without recognition or acknowledgment.
Now they hang around here like the cause of the rain
People lingering as if responsible for the rain, emphasizing a sense of burden.
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