Story Behind The Song
This song is directed at a person who is unable to recognize that she is responsible for all of the problems she has; drug addiction, denial, violent outbursts and vendettas fill her life, and she threatens those she blames for problems that are almost entirely created by her.
Song Description
When you can only blame others for every failure, without looking within for the source of the problems, you have no one and nothing to live for beyond anticipating the sound of rain on the roof.
| Song Length |
4:42 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Fuming |
Subject |
Failure, Disgust |
| Similar Artists |
Melissa Etheridge, Fiona Apple |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Rain on the Roof
The key unlocks the stained front door
Just as it did the day before
You find it looks about the same
Yet you seek someone to
Blame the changes on
Now that the life you knew is gone
Then you hear something else in your ear
And you fight with the fear, but it?s perfectly clear
Chorus
You know what?s wrong, you know what?s right
Light up your morning, noon and night, alone
Silence on long-distance telephone
You cannot work, you cannot rest
Between the lines you?ll find your test, the truth
And the burden of proof
While you listen for the rain on the roof
The more you say, the less you do
Nothing comes easily to you
Everyone hears your sad refrain
Nobody listens but the
Rain is on its way
Swallowing every word you say
And you?ve found your excuses are drowned
In the thundering sound as the pain starts to pound
Chorus
Bridge
Lying to live and dying to give the knife to the glory
Try to pretend the lie will not end, keep spinning the story
Over and over, over and over, over and over
...Now the damage has been done
And you have nowhere else to run
In the end, only you are your friend
All your life is pretend, nothing there to defend
Chorus
©3/01 by Susan Greenbaum