I Miss The Rain

It's the new year, and it seems that life and things just move endlessly forward. Can I permit myself to look back, to long and linger in the "past rain"? Is it okay sometimes to nurse a wound here and there, just to acknowledge where they come from and hear what they have to say?

This song brings me back to my college days. Back at the times when I had no care, when I thought failing an exam meant the end of the world. How little I knew the meaning of responsibility!

I used to try to save the world...now, if I can only save a little of myself...Oh Lord of the rain!

I MISS THE RAIN by BRIDE

THERE'S A PLACE I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO 
TIME SEEMS TO STAND STILL
WE RAN WILD, WE HAD NO CARES
TAKE ME BACK TO THAT PLACE
I WISH THERE WAS A DOOR THAT I COULD WALK RIGHT THROUGH
TO ESCAPE THIS LIFE
I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD 
TIMES WERE BETTER THEN

I MISS THE RAIN, I MISS THE RAIN
MY HEART'S BEEN DRY LIKE THE TEAR IN MY EYE
I'VE BEEN HURTING FOR YOU AGAIN
I MISS THE RAIN, I MISS THE RAIN
MY HEART'S BEEN DRY LIKE THE TEAR IN MY EYE 
AND THE PAIN THAT I FEEL, LORD I MISS THE RAIN

IT KEEPS ME YOUNG WHEN I REMEMBER 
IN MY MIND THE PAST STILL LIVES 

I'VE HELD ON TO EVERY THOUGHT 
IT KEEPS ME SO ALIVE 
THE FUTURE HOLDS NOTHING FOR ME 
IF I CAN'T HOLD YOU 
I USED TO TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
NOW I CHANGE A LITTLE FOR MYSELF

I KNOW THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE FAR SADDER THAN I 
THEY LOST THINGS THEY CANNOT REPLACE
LIKE THE BEAUTY IN THEIR EYES
BUT THROUGH IT ALL ONE THING IS CONSTANT AND REMAINS
THE LOVE OF GOD ERASES ALL MY PAIN