I'll Take The Rain - R.E.M.

The rain came down

The rain came down

The rain came down on me

The wind blew strong

The summer song

Fades to memory

I knew you when

I loved you then

The summer’s young and helpless

You laid me bare

You marked me there

The promises we made

I used to think

As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can’t we?

You cling to this

You claim the best

If this is what you’re offering

I’ll take the rain

I’ll take the rain

The nighttime creases

Summer schemes

And stretches out to stay

The sun shines down

You came around

You love easy days

But now the sun

The winter’s come

I wanted just to say

That if I hold

I’d hope you’d fold

Open up inside, inside of me

I used to think

As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can’t we?

You cling to this

You claim the best

If this is what you’re offering

I’ll take the rain

I’ll take the rain

This winter song

I’ll sing along

I’ve searched its still refrain

I’ll walk alone

I’ve given this, take wing

Celebrate the rain

I used to think

As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can’t we?

You cling to this

You claim the best

If this is what you’re offering

I’ll take the rain

I’ll take the rain