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Steel Rain Lyrics
And so we start another day together
You and I and a million miles between us
I train my moods to bloom like flowers unfolding
Instead of fluttering around
And slowly drowning in the
Steel rain it's taking over
The sky is open and the drones are pouring out
The day inhales in a contagious yawn
And there you smile as though the sun were bounding in the
Steel rain it's taking over
Here in the little world, the tiny world spins for me
All's well in the tilted world but there's something falling down in the
Steel rain it's taking over
You and I and a million miles between us
I train my moods to bloom like flowers unfolding
Instead of fluttering around
And slowly drowning in the
Steel rain it's taking over
The sky is open and the drones are pouring out
The day inhales in a contagious yawn
And there you smile as though the sun were bounding in the
Steel rain it's taking over
Here in the little world, the tiny world spins for me
All's well in the tilted world but there's something falling down in the
Steel rain it's taking over
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Submitted by
ruthie7 On Jan 19, 2002
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The song is definitely about depression don't over-analyze
"I train my moods to bloom like flowers unfolding instead of fluttering around"
I really like this line. It is very insightful and honest. To me, it reminds me of what I go through daily in shielding myself from myself. Kind of like setting up a safeguard to preserve my own sanity while also keeping up the appearance of stability to those around me (particularly coworkers).
I think this song is about how perfect the world seems on the outside, but when your in the heat of its problems, everything comes falling down and its just overwhelming. Possibly even about war, (or it may just be a referance to intensify the meaning) but steel rain was a term used by iraqis during the persian gulf war. It was a type of artillary that broke apart into thousands of peices in the air, reffered to as "steel rain"
@todd109281 yes definitely about a fight against depression. When i started listening to chris' songs i noticed most of his song are heavyhearted. Its like listening to the sadness of..
This song is great...my favourite of the album...i think the meaning is about the gulf war...
The guitar surely deadly. Cornell always be my fav.
v.1
The steel rain is the take over of the world by corporations. Steel is one of the most basic fuels of industry and thus the economy and corporations. Some of the most powerful influences in the world have become the corporations rather than countries themselves. The every day person is faced with the choice of training their moods and flowering into the person acceptable in society, or drowning.
v.2 People become more like drones in today's society and the day drags on like it will never end ("The day inhales in a contagious yawn"). "Yawns are contagious" and even the day yawns because people become so weary of every day life. But people just carry a smile as if something magnificent was evolving from today's society ("And there you smile as though the sun were bouncing in the steel rain").
outro
Chris withdraws to look in from the outside, thus "into the little world" and sees that the world is even smaller than the world in his mind. He sees this tiny world spinning and it's all good, but there's something falling in the steel rain. As if the idea that steel was falling from the sky wasn't enough to convince people that something's wrong, he has to point out that it's bringing something with it. Namely, that the power of corporations and the structure of today's society and economy is bringing along with it something awful.
I disagree. It seems to be more about mood than a political statement. He talks about how there is him, another person and miles between them. He wants to control his emotions and let them flower into something more beautiful - like a song - rather than just let them bounce around all over the place and drowning himself in a heavy shower, something dark and depressing.
I disagree. It seems to be more about mood than a political statement. He talks about how there is him, another person and miles between them. He wants to control his emotions and let them flower into something more beautiful - like a song - rather than just let them bounce around all over the place and drowning himself in a heavy shower, something dark and depressing.
The sound of the song comes into play in the second verse to me. The contagious yawn and the slow-motion feel of the tempo just help. The sky could be any...
The sound of the song comes into play in the second verse to me. The contagious yawn and the slow-motion feel of the tempo just help. The sky could be any building opening up and people coming out, him seeing her standing there and time virtually stopping. And she smiles at him like everything is great in the world, even though they know that they'll be apart again soon.
Last verse - again its an "all looks well but all isn't well". I have everything I want and nothing could be better. Tilted world, which is the correct lyric, is just descriptive. The world's tilted on an axis. In fact, the little world could be different from the tilted world - the little world being a world in which he feels everything is right, but everything is wrong in the real, tilted world and he is really depressed as fuck.
Basically this song, in my opinion is about depression from being alone and even though you may have everything you could want, you're still miserable. That is it!
By the way, corporations aren't "evil entities" as you suggested, they're simply out there to try to make money. If making money is evil, quit your job.
I have been reading a comic book at the moment called DMZ, about civilians caught in the midst of a civil war in America. I find this song to be particularly evocative of that story.
I train my moods to be like flowers unfolding pretending to be happy when you're not