Black Rain Lyrics
I don't know if i'm correct or not, I don't have the lyric booklet on hand, but I think the first verse goes
"Down on my luck, breathing my last dirty your hands, carry me home."
That's what I always hear, at least.
I don't know why this song doesn't have any comments. I think it's remarkable in how eerie and quiet it sounds. There's a certain feeling that it evokes exceedingly well.
Whatever it's about, the song has a general feeling of emptiness, despondence, eerie quiet, a void. I think there are a vast number of possible correct interpretations.
"Red sky turning round Black rain falling down"
I'm thinking Operation Desert Storm? The burning oil fields are what come to mind from those lines. Might be just me.
It's about war. Tim Rice-Oxley explained the song's meaning: "Every album of ours has a song on it that talks about war, and on Strangeland this is the song. I feel the tone of the song, a bit like the movie, is more about trying to understand, and seeing things from a very human point of view - which is in keeping with the atmosphere of the album as a whole. It's one of the pieces of music of which we're most proud."