When the Rain Comes

"When the Rain Comes" is a song I really like by third day. It's simple, soft, and spoke to me the sentiment I hoped to share with my wife someday. To that end, I thought it might be sweet if I were able to play it for her as a promise on our wedding day. But I'm not a naturally talented musician, especially when it comes to plucking out a song on the guitar instead of just strumming some simple chords.

I practiced the song regularly for years, to get the rhythm down, to try and be able to make it natualr enough that I could sing at the same time as I played. I suppose the habit was a way of expressing some belief that I would get married, even when it looked impossible. I don't know that I ever told anyone that I had wanted to do this, because while I needed to premeditate it to pull it off, I wanted it to be special.

This week I played it for a final time on my guitar, and then put the guitar away promising never to play the song again. (That is, of course, unless the world hurtles from its orbit and I have someone to play it for.) No longer believing in the forum I had expected to share it in, I put it here, just because. Lyrics are taken (with minor changes) from this site.

When the rain comes
it seems that everyone has gone away
When the night falls
you wonder if you shouldn't find someplace
To run and hide
Escape the pain
But hiding's such a lonely thing to do

I can't stop the rain
From falling down on you again
I can't stop the rain
But I will hold you 'til it goes away

When the rain comes
you blame it on the things that you have done
When the storm fades
you know that rain must fall on everyone
So rest awhile
It'll be alright
No one loves you like I do

I can't stop the rain
From falling down on you again
I can't stop the rain
But I will hold you 'til it goes away

When the rain comes
I will hold you