Next Storm

We had a difficult winter
We had a rough few months
And when the storms came in off the coast
It felt like they broke everything on us at once
It's easy enough to talk about the spirit
When you're holding the roof up and knee-deep in it
And the pictures and the papers got ruined by the rain
And we wonder if it ever gets dry again

But I don't want to spend the whole of my life indoors
Lay low and waiting on the next storm
I don't want to spend the whole of my life inside
I want to step out and face the sunshine

We lost faith in the omens
We lost faith in the gods
We just ended up clutching on empty rituals
Like gamblers clutching on odds
And I don't care what the weatherman is saying
Because the last time that I saw him
He was on his knees, he was praying
The preachers and the sectors consult just to see
And we wonder if it ever gets dry again

But I don't want to spend the whole of my life indoors
Lay low and waiting on the next storm
I don't want to spend the whole of my life inside
I want to step out and face the sunshine

So open the shutters
Raise up the mast
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed
Cast off the crutches
Cut off the cast
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed

I don't want to spend the whole of my life indoors
(Rejoice, hey, rejoice, hey)
Lay low and waiting on the next storm
(Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed)
I don't want to spend the whole of my life inside
(Rejoice, hey, rejoice, hey)
I want to step out and face the sunshine
(Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed)
I'm not gonna live the whole of my life indoors
I'm gonna step out and face the next storm