On the surface, this song is about a girl and her coat, that keeps her warm and safe in the rain. But if you dig deeper, the coat could be a person who comforts her or a mental barrier to keep out everything she doesn't want to think about. The rain is 'crying a torrent' which makes you think it's a bad thing, but it's also 'washing us clean.' What if the 'coat' is keeping her from being 'washed clean' and trapping her in the past? However, the last line could be interpreted as meaning that the rain is washing both her and her coat clean, which makes it more likely that the coat is a person who is standing by her and helping her through life.
On the surface, this song is about a girl and her coat, that keeps her warm and safe in the rain. But if you dig deeper, the coat could be a person who comforts her or a mental barrier to keep out everything she doesn't want to think about. The rain is 'crying a torrent' which makes you think it's a bad thing, but it's also 'washing us clean.' What if the 'coat' is keeping her from being 'washed clean' and trapping her in the past? However, the last line could be interpreted as meaning that the rain is washing both her and her coat clean, which makes it more likely that the coat is a person who is standing by her and helping her through life.