No Rain

Is “No Rain” about a depressed person? It may be. It’s known to be about the lyricist’s ex, and though it appears to take her point of view, it hardly comes across as sympathetic.<br /> <br /> “All I can say”<br /> I’m starting out on the defensive, or my range of conversation topics is extremely limited, or both.<br /> <br /> “my life is pretty plain”<br /> Given that I do the insane things I’m about to describe, I should still be likeable because I’m ordinary. In other words, I assume that everyone’s insane and that I’m just one of the nuts, so I should fit right in.<br /> <br /> “I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain”<br /> I get a lot out of my long crying spells.<br /> <br /> “all I can do is just pour some tea for two and speak my point of view, but it’s not sane”<br /> I’m such a loser that no one wants to come hear me vent, I’m crazy enough to pretend otherwise, and that sums up how I spend my days.<br /> <br /> “Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today, so stay with me and I’ll have it made”<br /> It’s not “we’ll have it made”. Let me use you, at least for today, to listen to my maunderings.<br /> <br /> “I don’t understand why I sleep all day and I start to complain that there’s no rain”<br /> Why are my relationships so dismal that my best options are to either zone out or sit alone crying?<br /> <br /> “…all I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it’s a great escape”<br /> I waste my life on fantasy, because doing anything with anyone real, including sex, is a drag.<br /> <br /> “Ya don’t like my point of view”<br /> Well, who do I think I am, Rosanna Arquette? Going for a guy just because he’s a rock lyricist is the fast path to getting memorialized in sarcasm. The upbeat music drives home the point that he lacks the least care about the troubles – true or fictional – described in the lyrics. In the music video, at least, the misfit at last finds more of her own kind.<br />