A Thing Called Rain
Sailing Through Life's Storms: A Thing Called Rain
Lyrics
I think I'll quit my job today,
Contemplating leaving my job today
Spend the money that I saved
Planning to use saved money
I think I'll build a boat for me
Considering building a boat
And sail myself across the sea
Intending to sail across the sea alone
Cause' every night the sun goes down
Reflecting on the daily cycle
And the morning helps me come around
Recovery aided by morning
The coffee likes to chase the booze
Switching from alcohol to coffee
The booze it likes to chase the blues
Alcohol as an escape from blues
I kept your picture in a frame
Preserving a picture
I kept your heart out on a chain
Guarding emotions but keeping distant
But hearts don't belong on chains
Belief that emotions shouldn’t be constrained
And pictures don't belong in frames
Emphasizing the limitations of objects to hold emotions
People come and people go
Observing the transient nature of relationships
Foe to friend and friend to foe
Changing dynamics in relationships
And you do just what yer supposed to do
Following societal norms despite personal challenges
Cause the clock don't ever stop for you
Life’s continuity despite individual time constraints
She thinks she knows me oh so well
Assumption about understanding
For six nights in a cheap motel,
Shared intimacy in a temporary setting
She gave her heart away for free
Giving away emotions without reservation
She gave it all away to me
Feeling insignificant or vulnerable
But im needle dancin' on a pin
Feeling precarious or in a dangerous situation
Match under my heels again
Sense of imminent danger or instability
Not every bird will sing for you
Realization that not everyone reciprocates feelings
Don't matter how you ask her to
Understanding that one can’t force affection
Can't believe the way she acts
Surprise at someone’s behavior
She doesn't even know the facts
Realizing someone’s ignorance of facts
But ain't that just the way it goes
Irony in truth-speaking
When you're telling truth in liars clothes
Struggle between truth and deceptive appearances
Born and raised and born again
Rebirth or reinvention without clarity
And I can't tell you why or when
Uncertainty about personal transformation
But everything will happen twice
Expectation of repetition in life
Sure as fire, sure as ice
Belief in inevitable events
So it's broken hearts and dusty roads
Experiencing emotional turmoil and physical distance
And somewhere there my soul explodes
Feeling overwhelmed internally
With every piece of every day
Reflection on unexpressed thoughts
And everything I meant to say
Regret for unsaid words
And where I'll be, no one can tell
Uncertainty about the future
I'm fishing in a wishing well
Seeking something intangible
And I'm doing the very best I can
Striving despite challenges
I just hope you'll understand
Desire for understanding from others
Now I seen all the lights that shine
Exposure to various experiences
Countless colors in my mind
Multifaceted emotions and memories
They climb and swim and spark and glow
Experiencing a spectrum of emotions
And ask me what it is I know
Questioning of self-knowledge
I know a thing called love
Acknowledgment of love’s existence
A thing called thunder in the sky above
Recognition of powerful forces in nature
Now I know a thing called pain
Acknowledgment of emotional distress
Now I know a thing called rain
Recognition of sorrow or sadness
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