[Intro — soft rain, distant piano]
Where does the river begin?
In the mountain?
In the spring?
In the melting snow?
Go back far enough...
and you'll find the rain.
[Verse 1]
I watched a drop fall from the sky
No map below, no reason why
It touched the earth and disappeared
Like something lost, like something feared
Through stone and soil, beneath the ground
It moved in silence without a sound
Until a spring broke through again
And whispered softly...
I was rain
[Pre-Chorus]
No beginning
No goodbye
Only water
Changing sides
Cloud to earth
And earth to sea
Tell me where
one ends in me
[Chorus]
THIS IS THE LOOP OF THE RAIN
FALLING AND RISING
AGAIN AND AGAIN
A DROP BECOMES RIVER
THE RIVER BECOMES SEA
THE SEA BECOMES HEAVEN
THEN FALLS BACK ON ME
DIFFERENT NAMES
BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED
WATER WAS WATER
THROUGH EVERY SHAPE
NO BEGINNING
NO END TO EXPLAIN
WE'RE LIVING INSIDE
THE LOOP OF THE RAIN
[Verse 2]
The river spent its whole life long
Searching for where it belonged
Passing cities, trees and stone
Thinking the ocean would feel like home
Then finally it reached the blue
And lost the shape it thought it knew
But nothing died beneath that sun
The river laughed...
I was always one
[Pre-Chorus]
Then sunlight lifted
sea to sky
The ocean learned
again to fly
A cloud grew heavy
called its name
And somewhere...
it began to rain
[Chorus]
THIS IS THE LOOP OF THE RAIN
LOSING OUR SHAPES
THEN FINDING THEM AGAIN
THE OCEAN BECOMES CLOUD
THE CLOUD BECOMES ME
I FALL AS A RAINDROP
AND RUN TO THE SEA
DIFFERENT FORMS
BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED
WATER WAS WATER
WHATEVER ITS NAME
NO FIRST MOMENT
NO FINAL FRAME
ONLY THE TURNING
THE LOOP OF THE RAIN
[Bridge — almost silent, rain becomes louder]
So tell me...
Where did the first drop begin?
If rain came from the ocean...
and the ocean came from rivers...
and rivers came from rain...
[Pause]
Maybe that's the wrong question.
[Music slowly rises]
Maybe life
isn't a line.
Maybe we're not travelling
from beginning to end.
Maybe we're water...
temporarily
remembering a shape.
[Final Chorus — huge cinematic rise]
LET ME FALL
LET ME FLOW
LET ME CHANGE
WHAT I THINK I KNOW
LET ME BE RIVER
LET ME BE SEA
LET EVERY FORM
MOVE THROUGH ME
I DON'T HAVE TO
BECOME THE RAIN
I DON'T HAVE TO
ESCAPE MY NAME
I WAS THE WATER
BEFORE I CAME
AND I'LL BE THE WATER
WHEN I CHANGE
[Music drops to piano + rain]
[Outro — intimate female whisper]
The river asked:
"Where am I going?"
The ocean answered:
"Nowhere."
"You've been here
the whole time."
[Pause]
And then...
it started to rain.