It Might Be Raining

Mad, you've got a right to be mad
What kind of world have you been handed?
Under siege from all sides
You can't stand it
But you don't have to do a thing

'Cause my love can't be earned or demanded
Can't be withheld, can't be bought
You just have it
But it might be raining

It might be raining on your birthday
Or as you're walking home from school
Or the first time you really hurt someone
And they want to hurt you too
Raining on your window
With your head against the pane
On the bus at night when you're taking flight
To meet your friends somewhere unsafe
With the whole world in your headphones
Because you found something that's true
Like a life raft to hold onto
Because what else can you do?
There is an ocean full of bullshit
I wish that I could keep from you
But the truth is, the truth is in Vancouver
It might be raining

You've got a right to be sad
It's part of the deal, it's part of the pattern
If I could take it away
There's a chance it might not matter
But you don't have to do a thing

'Cause my love can't be earned or demanded
Can't be withheld, can't be bought
You just have it
But it might be raining

It might be raining on your wedding
Or as you hitchhike through Peru
And it's dripping down the brim of your cap
And it's soaking through your shoes
And it sinks right down inside you
But then you kind of want it to
Like a sore inside your mouth
That you can't keep yourself from chewing
I don't know what it is
Why the pain of living frees you
But there's something about the juxtaposition
There's something about the riddle
It might be raining

You thought I was done, it wasn't finished
There was so much left to say
But I choke on my tongue every time
You look at me that way
And I know you don't want to hear it
I know I make you feel insane
But right there, in the crosshairs
Of everywhere where it might be raining
Yeah, anywhere is anything to you
It's central everywhere