[Intro: distant rain and low thunder; sparse, tense instrumentation]
[Verse 1]
She keeps the curtains drawn all day
And every picture straight
She measures everything she’ll say
And never stays out late
She moves as quiet as the rain
Before it starts to fall
But when the thunder shakes the pane
She isn’t scared at all
[Pre-Chorus: storm building beneath the vocal]
The first drops strike against the pane
She reaches for the door
She slips her shoes off in the rain
And steps into the roar
[Chorus: drums and guitars open wide]
She only dances during thunderstorms
Barefoot beneath the pouring rain
While everybody runs inside for shelter
She lifts her face and breathes again
She spins beneath the rolling thunder
While lightning splits the dark in two
She only dances during thunderstorms
Like storms are something she already knew
[Verse 2: darker, stronger pulse]
The neighbors watch behind the blinds
And shake their heads at rain
They wonder what she hopes to find
Out dancing there again
She never says what draws her near
When black clouds choke the light
She waits to see those burning spears
Split open swollen night
[Pre-Chorus: thunder closer, percussion rising]
The first drops strike against the pane
She reaches for the door
She slips her shoes off in the rain
And steps into the roar
[Chorus: heavier, more urgent]
She only dances during thunderstorms
Barefoot beneath the driving rain
While everybody runs inside for shelter
She lifts her face and breathes again
She spins beneath the rolling thunder
While lightning splits the dark in two
She only dances during thunderstorms
Like chaos speaks a truth she knew
[Bridge: instruments pull back; vocal intimate, first-person reveal]
I learned to keep my chaos low
To swallow every sound
To hide the things I couldn’t show
And plant my feet on ground
But when the sky erupts in flame
And thunder shakes the earth
I let the storm rage untamed
And dance for all I’m worth
[Verse 3: first-person vocal grows freer]
I feel the rain against my skin
The wild wind in my hair
I let the waiting storm rush in
And leave my silence there
No careful words have I to choose
No part I have to play
There’s nothing here I have to lose
I let it wash away
[Pre-Chorus: thunderous swell; raw scream swallowed beneath the storm]
The thunder cracks, the lightning storms
Their rage across the sky burns bright
I scream aloud in perfect form
As titans carry on the fight
[Final Chorus: full explosive release; soaring vocal]
I only dance during thunderstorms
Barefoot beneath the driving rain
While everybody runs inside for shelter
I lift my face and breathe again
I spin beneath the rolling thunder
As lightning splits the dark in twain
I only dance during thunderstorms
As the turmoil masks my pain
[Outro: instruments recede with the storm; vocal nearly alone by final line]
Let thunder roll, let lightning reign
Let every wild wind roar
I leave my screaming in the rain
And suffer to wait once more
[Outro sound: distant t