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ehrnst

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Sun Jul 17, 2016, 02:13 PM Jul 2016

The lyrics to Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' just keep going over and over in my head for the last month

It's as if we as a country are going through a third reconstruction - first, after the Civil War, then during the Civil Rights movement, and now. I hope it's the last one we need.

Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
We touch, this place is so quiet, sensing that storm

Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me

Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
There is no blood around, see no sign of pain
Hay ay ay no pain
Seeing no red at all, see no rain

Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me

Red rain
Ohhhh
Putting the pressure on much harder now
To return again and again
Just let the red rain splash you
Let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defenses down
With the trust of a child

Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me

And I can't watch any more
No more denial
It's so hard to lay down in all of this

Red rain coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
I'm bathing in
Red rain coming down
Red rain is falling down
Red rain is coming down all over me
I'm begging you

Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down

Over me in the red red sea
Over me
Over me
Red rain


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The lyrics to Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' just keep going over and over in my head for the last month (Original Post) ehrnst Jul 2016 OP
Great album, rec. nt. Mc Mike Jul 2016 #1
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