This particularly British song is about the joys of rain, and its capacity to cleanse and heal and renew. The Holy Spirit can be symbolised by falling rain. But we also have the comparison with tears, which Jesus knew as he wept. In the song, communion with the rain is made possible for a person with time to focus, and no obvious destination, decides to follow the lights of Christmas (!!!) This person is surrounded by other people, but also seperate from the crowd. Through the rain a person who is weary is refreshed, trouble is washed away, heart is refilled, troubles run down (double meaning, also =lose their strength or motive power). Walking is part of it - pilgrimage. "What life is all about" indeed! Pitter-patter refers to somebody who treads softly, and this gels well with the street reflecting light (!!) and the splashing feet. Splash and pitter-patter are also onomatopoiea... The word soak does not just mean get wet, it also means to have water sucked into us "I can say there is no better place than standing up in the falling down" (vastly double meaning from this beautiful lyric, as we stand up for Jesus as the world falls). The person could almost drown - be killed by water - but almost, not actually. "A crack in the clouds reveals blue skies, I've been feeling so low (low), but now everything is on my side" Who is everything? Disappear into the silent sound - fantastic oxymoronic lyric. See: www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/14/is-silence-a-sound-recent-breakthrough-sheds-light-on-the-age-old-question
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great song
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This particularly British song is about the joys of rain, and its capacity to cleanse and heal and renew. The Holy Spirit can be symbolised by falling rain. But we also have the comparison with tears, which Jesus knew as he wept.
In the song, communion with the rain is made possible for a person with time to focus, and no obvious destination, decides to follow the lights of Christmas (!!!) This person is surrounded by other people, but also seperate from the crowd. Through the rain a person who is weary is refreshed, trouble is washed away, heart is refilled, troubles run down (double meaning, also =lose their strength or motive power).
Walking is part of it - pilgrimage.
"What life is all about" indeed!
Pitter-patter refers to somebody who treads softly, and this gels well with the street reflecting light (!!) and the splashing feet. Splash and pitter-patter are also onomatopoiea...
The word soak does not just mean get wet, it also means to have water sucked into us
"I can say there is no better place than standing up in the falling down" (vastly double meaning from this beautiful lyric, as we stand up for Jesus as the world falls).
The person could almost drown - be killed by water - but almost, not actually.
"A crack in the clouds reveals blue skies, I've been feeling so low (low), but now everything is on my side"
Who is everything?
Disappear into the silent sound - fantastic oxymoronic lyric.
See: www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/14/is-silence-a-sound-recent-breakthrough-sheds-light-on-the-age-old-question
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I was there when they filmed this video - in South Molton Street in London's west end.
Then you were blessed... the song is special...
Just walking along
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