Story Behind The Song
Escape from an unhappy relationship (imagery of black rain) into a perfect environment (white theme)
Song Description
The mood is one of loss and hurt.
The black rain is tears of mascara running down her face. She yearns to be in a tranquil place, away from the hurt, in a room with imagery of the exact opposite to the black rain...in a white house, with a white roof, in a white room....Themes of black and white with a trance like bass guitar driving the rhythm, with soft acoustic guitar backing, and a tight harmonic vocal peak and a cool electronic drop.
| Song Length |
3:52 |
Genre |
Electronic - General, Electronic - Trance |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Relaxed |
Subject |
Light, Darkness |
| Similar Artists |
Zero 7 |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Black Rain (White Light)
Lyrics by Peter Lockyer
Adapted to music by Angela Skinner 2013
When we first met, you made me laugh.
How was I to Know, it wasn't meant to last.
That's why I want to live in a white house.
With a white roof.
In a white room.
I want to sit in a white chair.
On a white floor.
Faced by white walls.
I want to sleep in a white bed.
With some white white sheets.
Staring at a white light.
I guess I'm hiding.
I'm just hiding,
......Hiding from the pain.
I'm hiding, I'm just hiding,
......I'm hiding from the pain.
I'm hiding from the black rain.
The black rain. The black rain.
I'm hiding from the pain.
And the black rain.
Now in it's place, a rock, is my heart.
Where there was light, now only is dark.
That's why I want to live in a white house.
With a white roof.
In a white room.
I want to sit in a white chair.
On a white floor.
Faced by white walls.
I want to sleep in a white bed.
With some white white sheets.
Staring at a white light.
I guess I'm hiding.
I'm just hiding.
Hiding from the pain.
I'm hiding,just hiding.
I'm hiding from the pain.
I'm hiding from the pain, the pain, the pain, the pain, the pain!
I'm hiding from the pain.
And the black rain.
That's why I want to live in a white house.
With a white roof.
In a white room.
I want to sit in a white chair.
On a white floor.
Faced by white walls.
I want to sleep in a white bed.
With some white white sheets.
Staring at a white light.
When we first met you made me laugh.
How was I to Know it wasn't meant to last.