4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I sat down at a picnic table
In another woman's clothes
Everything I ever called mine
Had receipts that weren't my own
And my whole life came at once then
Every frame of it at speed
The rooms, the hands, the envelopes
And me in every deed
[Verse 2]
I always said the world had done it
And the world had done its share
But the rain kept running honest
And I saw my own hands there
I saw the yes I kept on saying
I saw the money I kept
And an old word rose up off the ground
And I got sick, and then I wept
[Pre-Chorus]
And a wanting came up bigger
Than the cold or than the fear
I wanted all of it off of me
Every year, every year
And there was only one water
Anywhere near
[Chorus]
So let it rain
The only thing that ever touched me free
Let it rain
No bill, no debt, no fee
Wash me or erase me
At the bottom they're the same prayer said
Let it rain on every bought inch
Let it rain on my head
[Bridge]
And then I heard it
Through the water, through the dark
My name, my real name
Screamed across the park
And a man was running, running
Coat already half undone
He didn't stop, he didn't slow, he didn't turn --
He didn't hesitate, he came full-on
[Resolution]
And he covered me
The first hands in my whole life
Moving to cover me
All my life they took the layers off
And he ran through freezing rain
To put a layer on
He covered me, he covered me
Said I've got you, I've got you
And the girl who prayed to disappear
Came roaring back to life right here
Held together in the pouring rain
By arms that wanted nothing
Arms that wanted nothing
Arms that wanted only me
[Final]
Nobody had ever covered
Anything of mine for free
And the rain came down like mercy
And the mercy came for me
Carried across the grass like glass
Like something worth the load
Somebody drove me home that night
And home was down his road
[Outro]
I called
He came
It is that simple
And it has never once stopped being that enormous
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