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Bishop Allen - Rain
There is a rare kind of harmony in pop/rock these days that sounds really awesome when pulled off well. It is when a guy sings the melody in his high register and a girl is singing a harmony in her low soft register, underneath (lower in pitch) than what the guy is singing. It’s rare because girls almost always sing higher than guys. Jimmy Eat World has used this harmony a lot. Anyways, this song tinkers around with that a little bit.
The lyrics are cool too, here they are:
bed clothes, why am i in bed clothes?
watching out the window
watching what i don’t know
on the fire escape now
hands they start to shake now
ready for the rail to break now
and i’m awake at last awake
cursing, rattling and cursing
go ahead and do your worst then
your worst that i can take
oh let the rain fall down
and wash this world away
oh let the sky be grey
cause if its ever gonna get any better
its gotta get worse for a day
morning, where am i this morning?
now its really pouring,
crawling up this shore
and i walk the neighborhood
and umbrella does no good
and i guess its in my blood
couldn’t stop the flood
drowning, everything is drowning
go ahead and take the town
the town is yours to take
oh let the rain fall down
and wash this world away
oh let the sky be grey
cause if its ever gonna get any better
its gotta get worse for a day
calling, calling, falling, falling
grab on my guitar
and paddle with both my arms
headed where the voices are
i’ll end up far so far away
