Summer Rain
from Abyss of Time by James Paddock
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This song covers the desire to meet the right person at the right time, in order to achieve spiritual fulfilment.
I've long struggled with the notion that, through my introverted nature, I may have been missing key moments of development for a person my age. Certainly I've always been married to my music and my work in general, very infrequently daring to step outside my already-established social bubbles and comfort boundaries. I have always craved and revelled in repetition in routine. I have therefore avoided confrontation and rejection by being self-sufficient and trying not to rely too much on other people – the tendency to think one is a "burden" to others can be very strong when you are unfamiliar with deeply personal, interdependent relationships.
I have to be realistic, of course, and acknowledge that suddenly meeting "that person" is not necessarily going to be all smiles and roses, but so be it – after quietly embracing sameness for so long, that sort of tension, of adventure, of challenge is something that at this point in my life I crave on a deep level.
The lyrics here express the need to experience that kind of stormy weather. Sometimes, in the midst of a bright and rosy summer, you have to brave the onset of rain.
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I've long struggled with the notion that, through my introverted nature, I may have been missing key moments of development for a person my age. Certainly I've always been married to my music and my work in general, very infrequently daring to step outside my already-established social bubbles and comfort boundaries. I have always craved and revelled in repetition in routine. I have therefore avoided confrontation and rejection by being self-sufficient and trying not to rely too much on other people – the tendency to think one is a "burden" to others can be very strong when you are unfamiliar with deeply personal, interdependent relationships.
I have to be realistic, of course, and acknowledge that suddenly meeting "that person" is not necessarily going to be all smiles and roses, but so be it – after quietly embracing sameness for so long, that sort of tension, of adventure, of challenge is something that at this point in my life I crave on a deep level.
The lyrics here express the need to experience that kind of stormy weather. Sometimes, in the midst of a bright and rosy summer, you have to brave the onset of rain.
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lyrics
We all need shelter from the thunderstorm
An eye in which we all can draw some calm
Life – why did you have to hit me so hard?
You left me feeling for my own heart
Gasping and bleeding on the asphalt
Why did winter have to bury me so cold?
Left me for frozen to the bitter core
Wandering the halls like a lost soul
But I'd still melt in the sunlight
So I bury myself in the shoreline
'Cos the open sea seems devoid of life
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has left me shy
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
You can be my summer rain
Wildfires are only slowly being fanned inside
Desires are overflowing me like a landslide
Life – as if you could be any clearer
That I'm way off the track by lightyears
And I'm all out of chances
Oh, I am so damn tired of the mirror
The person staring back seems insincere
He won't help me find any answers
But the sands of life run fast
Through the eye of the hourglass
And stillness would kill this man
Faster than any bullet can
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has sucked me dry
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
My skin and bone are parched
So let them soak right through
Wash the aches away
Like springtime forest wood
I'd swim along with you
As the floods all poured through
And to tell you the truth
Nothing could be this good
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has bled me dry
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
An eye in which we all can draw some calm
Life – why did you have to hit me so hard?
You left me feeling for my own heart
Gasping and bleeding on the asphalt
Why did winter have to bury me so cold?
Left me for frozen to the bitter core
Wandering the halls like a lost soul
But I'd still melt in the sunlight
So I bury myself in the shoreline
'Cos the open sea seems devoid of life
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has left me shy
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
You can be my summer rain
Wildfires are only slowly being fanned inside
Desires are overflowing me like a landslide
Life – as if you could be any clearer
That I'm way off the track by lightyears
And I'm all out of chances
Oh, I am so damn tired of the mirror
The person staring back seems insincere
He won't help me find any answers
But the sands of life run fast
Through the eye of the hourglass
And stillness would kill this man
Faster than any bullet can
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has sucked me dry
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
My skin and bone are parched
So let them soak right through
Wash the aches away
Like springtime forest wood
I'd swim along with you
As the floods all poured through
And to tell you the truth
Nothing could be this good
(Embrace me)
'Cos the fight for life
Has bled me dry
(Immerse me)
You're the freshest air
I've breathed in years
I will be your light of day
And you can be my summer rain
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from Abyss of Time,
released November 3, 2023
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James Paddock England, UK
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