Let the Rain

Let the Rain
Sara Bareilles

I wish I were pretty

I wish I were brave

If I owned this city

I'd make it behave

If I were fearless

Then I'd speak my truth

And the world would hear this

That's what I wish I'd do

If my hands could hold them you'd see

I'd take all these secrets in me

And I'd move and mold them to be

Something I'd set free

I want to darken in the skies

Open the floodgates up

I want to change my mind

I want to be enough

I want the water in my eyes

I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down tonight

I hold on to worry so tight

It's safe in here right next to my heart

Who now shouts at the top of her voice

Let me go, let me out, this was not my choice

And I always felt it before

That the world was filled with much more

Than the drowning soul I've learned to be

I just need the rain to remind me

I want to darken in the skies

Open the floodgates up

I want to change my mind

I want to be enough

I want the water in my eyes

I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

I want to let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

I want to let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Let the rain come down

Make a brand new ground

Let the rain come down

Tonight

Sara Bareilles released her second album, Kaleidoscope Heart, a week ago. Since I positively adore her music I purchased it the day it came out and have been listening it to obsessively ever since. Let me tell you, it was totally worth the wait. Gorgeous vocals, incredible instrumental arrangements and lyrics that, like all good music, capture things that are inexplicable for most of us and put them into poignant words. Plus there is a bit of an irreverence, a certain cheekiness and who-cares-what-you-say attitude, in some of her songs that is just so excellent and empowering. Anyway, "Let the Rain" has quickly become one of my favourite songs on the album. It expresses so perfectly the way that I often feel and have been feeling a bit the past week. Also, it suits the weather here in Edmonton since lately it has been grey and rainy.

I took this picture on an excursion to Lacombe a couple days ago. I went down with one of my roommates who was picking some stuff up from home. They live on a farm and have some awesome gardens. I spent a good chunck of time wandering around the grounds taking pictures, so you will probably be seeing quite a few of them on here. It was spitting on and off on Saturday so there were lovely little water droplets clinging to all of the plants. I really like how they look against the dark leaves.