Mümkünse yağmur altında, yemiyorsa dışarda yağmur yağarken pencere kenarında dinlenilmesi gereken bir şarkı..."Kemikten" REM hayranı olmayanların da bayılacağı, duygu yüklü, vurucu sözlere sahip olan bu şarkı grubun 2001 çıkışlı "Reveal" albümünde yer almıştır. Şarkının kendisi de akustik olsa da daha sonradan MTV Unplugged konserinde söylenen versiyonu orjinalinden daha etkileyici ve şarkıya daha uygun gibi geliyor bana.
<<< the rain came down
the rain came down on me.
the wind blew strong
the summer song
fades to memory
I knew you when
I loved you then
the summer's young and helpless.
you laid me bare
you marked me there
the promises we made.
I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
if you cling to this
and claim your best
if this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
the nighttime creases
summer schemes
and stretches out to stay.
the sun shines down
you came around
you love easy days.
but now the sun,
the winter's come.
I wanted just to say
that if I hold
I'd hope you'd fold
open up inside, inside of me.
I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
if you cling to this
and claim your best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
this winter song
I'll sing along
I've searched its still refrain
I'll walk alone
I've given this, take wing
celebrate the rain.
I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
if you cling to this
and claim your best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain. >>>
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