So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
I feel it
It's coming
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
When your lips are burning mine
And you take the time to tell me how you feel
When you listen to my words
And I know you've heard, I know it's real
Rain is what this thunder brings
For the first time I can hear my heart sing
Call me a fool but I know I'm not
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
'Til I feel your
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
When you looked into my eyes, and you said goodbye
Could you see my tears?
When I turned the other way
Did you hear me say
I'd wait for all the dark clouds bursting in a perfect sky?
You promised me when you said goodbye
That you'd return when the storm was done
And now I'll wait for the light, I'll wait for the sun
'Til I feel your
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say never go away
Waiting is the hardest thing (it's strange)
I tell myself that if I believe in you (feel like I've known you before)
In the dream of you (I want to understand you more)
With all my heart and all my soul (and more and more)
That by sheer force of will (when I'm with you I feel)
I will raise you from the ground (like a magical child))
And without a sound you'll appear (everything strange)
And surrender to me (everything wild)
To love
Rain is what the thunder brings
For the first time I can hear my heart sing
Call me a fool but I know I'm not
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
'Til I feel your
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like rain
I'll stand out on the mountain top
I'm afraid to call my name
Rain
It's coming
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
When your lips are burning mine
And you take the time to tell me how you feel
When you listen to my words
And I know you've heard, I know it's real
Rain is what this thunder brings
For the first time I can hear my heart sing
Call me a fool but I know I'm not
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
'Til I feel your
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
When you looked into my eyes, and you said goodbye
Could you see my tears?
When I turned the other way
Did you hear me say
I'd wait for all the dark clouds bursting in a perfect sky?
You promised me when you said goodbye
That you'd return when the storm was done
And now I'll wait for the light, I'll wait for the sun
'Til I feel your
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say never go away
Waiting is the hardest thing (it's strange)
I tell myself that if I believe in you (feel like I've known you before)
In the dream of you (I want to understand you more)
With all my heart and all my soul (and more and more)
That by sheer force of will (when I'm with you I feel)
I will raise you from the ground (like a magical child))
And without a sound you'll appear (everything strange)
And surrender to me (everything wild)
To love
Rain is what the thunder brings
For the first time I can hear my heart sing
Call me a fool but I know I'm not
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
'Til I feel your
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Feel it on my finger tips, hear it on my window pane
Your love's coming down like
Rain
Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like
Rain
I feel it
It's coming
Your love's coming down like rain
I'll stand out on the mountain top
I'm afraid to call my name
Rain
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Rain Lyrics as written by Madonna Ciccone Shep Pettibone
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Rain-one of Lady M's best! Rain is a lovely Rock Ballad and beautiful Torch Song. Lady Madonna wrote, sang and cried Rain-she will never forget the beautiful memory of her mother. Rain is Sad. However, Rain is a beautiful Ciccone ballad of Love and Hope-Hope is Madonna's middle name. The seeds of Ray of Light, Confessions on a Dance Floor and MDNA are planted in Rain. As Madonna drives through Michigan in her Mustang Cobra-Henry Ford's Masterpiece-from Detroit to Mount Arvon-in brilliant Heartland Rock ballad Rain, Madonna feels vibrant, free and alive. Soon the clouds of her at-times sad past disappear and the sun breaks through for Madge. Madonna Washes Away Her Sorrow and Takes Away Her Pain because she's looking forward to a better future with her four brilliant and artful students. Her Love Comes Down Like the Detroit Rain. In Rain, Madonna truly thanks her fans for love and support-she's thankful and grateful to be alive because of the Rain. The Lady is Love in Song. Madonna is Her Name thanks to a beautiful song about the Rain. And that is a Ciccone Lesson in Rock That Can Never be bought. Amen, Madonna