To me, the rain represents the hurts, pains and suffering that all humans experience. By nature, we don't like it and try to avoid it. We would prefer to be happy and carefree all the time. But as Eyedea points out, without the rain, the pain and suffering, we cannot truly appreciate the sunshine, the happiness in our lives. We know that we can never be happy all the time, but just the same, sadness fades too and the "seasons change." He also comments that people try to hide when they feel down. We don’t want to show others when we’re hurting. The later parts of the song describe how "the rain" can be a good source of inspiration. He mentions architects and poets. Clearly the rain has inspired him as well with the line "I owe all my success to the rain."
I love this song, it deserves a comment or two...
To me, the rain represents the hurts, pains and suffering that all humans experience. By nature, we don't like it and try to avoid it. We would prefer to be happy and carefree all the time. But as Eyedea points out, without the rain, the pain and suffering, we cannot truly appreciate the sunshine, the happiness in our lives. We know that we can never be happy all the time, but just the same, sadness fades too and the "seasons change." He also comments that people try to hide when they feel down. We don’t want to show others when we’re hurting. The later parts of the song describe how "the rain" can be a good source of inspiration. He mentions architects and poets. Clearly the rain has inspired him as well with the line "I owe all my success to the rain."