Let the Rain

I wish I were pretty

I wish I were brave

If I owned this city

Then I'd make it behave

I wish I were fearless

Then I'd speak my truth

And the world would hear this

That's what I would do, yeah

If my hands could hold them you'd see

I'd take all these secrets in me

And I'd move and mold them to be

Something I'd set free

I want to darken in the skies

Open the floodgates up

I want to change my mind

I want to be enough

I want the water in my eyes

I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down tonight

I hold on to worry so tight

It's safe in here right next to my heart

Who now shouts at the top of her voice

Let me go, let me out, this is not my choice

And I've always felt it before

That the world was filled with much more

Than the drowning soul I've learned to be

I just need the rain to remind me

I want to darken in the skies
Open the floodgates up
I want to change my mind
I want to be enough
I want the water in my eyes
I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down tonight

Sara Bareilles, Let the Rain

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Let’s see…I’ve had Sara Bareilles’ newest CD, Kaleidoscope, for less than a week now, and I have been listening to it pretty much nonstop…and that’s really no exaggeration. Full of completely awesome songs, "Let the Rain" is most definitely one of my favorites. I mean, I just checked my iTunes, and I’ve listened to it 28 times. I mean, really?? Haha...and that doesn’t even count all the times I’ve listened to it driving!!

I guess it’s safe to say that it speaks to my soul.

Sometimes we go through periods in our life where we feel as if a dark cloud is hanging over us, and we can’t get out from under it. You know, you’ve seen it on TV… someone’s walking along and the rain cloud continues to follow only them. They try and move out from under it but it seems to just continually hover.

I’ve been there…a lot. Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe you are there.

Whether it be a cloud of past mistakes or regrets, of present struggles and strife, or of fear and uncertainty about the future…whatever it is, it can be dark, heavy, and ugly.

But you know what? I don’t want to just hope it goes away. I don’t want to hide under the umbrella really anymore. No. Go ahead and rain down on me. Pour. Monsoon. It’s only rain. It can’t last forever.

And after it’s over, the skies will clear, the sun will come out, and new growth will appear. I will be better and stronger for it, and I will move forward on “brand new ground”.