Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I cannot go any more to the marshes
Where the gatekeeper smiles at the poisons he's made,
For my heart belongs to the one on the mountain
Where doves build their nests in the sun-ripened glade
For I am the Mercury, the light of the morning,
Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
And you, like some windmill, weave light where it's storming
Your love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
Let it rain
I have been bought, I've been sold in the city
I've dined with the demons and I drank of their fear
But you, you have watched and waited in silence
Come cradle my heart with a homecoming tear
And we are the Mercury, the light of the morning,
Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
And we, like some windmill, weave light where it's storming
And love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, come, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, oh, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
(repeat and fade)
Where the gatekeeper smiles at the poisons he's made,
For my heart belongs to the one on the mountain
Where doves build their nests in the sun-ripened glade
For I am the Mercury, the light of the morning,
Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
And you, like some windmill, weave light where it's storming
Your love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
Let it rain
I have been bought, I've been sold in the city
I've dined with the demons and I drank of their fear
But you, you have watched and waited in silence
Come cradle my heart with a homecoming tear
And we are the Mercury, the light of the morning,
Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
And we, like some windmill, weave light where it's storming
And love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, come, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
Let it rain, oh, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain
(repeat and fade)
Lyrics submitted by jejones3141, edited by quietist
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