The Rain

Sometimes I wake up on the floor Phone light blinking like a warning Cold tea on the counter Another half-lived morning Your jacket still hangs by the door I swear I hear it breathing Every room still shaped like you Every step feels like I'm leaving [Pre-Chorus] I scrub your name off the mirror But it shows up in the steam I say I'm done I say I'm fine Then I see you in my dreams (oh) [Chorus] I set fire to the rain Till the sky smelled just like your sweater Let the thunder say your name Thinking pain might stitch me together But the ashes on the kitchen floor Spell the letters I keep chasing I set fire to the rain And it burned But it kept you blazing [Verse 2] Friends keep asking how you been I change the subject Start pretending Count the tiles above my bed Like they'll stop the spinning You left your keys in the fruit bowl Like you'd be back by seven I still cook too much for one Set a second plate Then reckon [Pre-Chorus] I talk myself off the ceiling But the walls replay our scenes I say I'm done I say I'm strong Then you slip back in between [Chorus] I set fire to the rain Till the storm drowned out our story Let the lightning write it down Across a sky stripped of its glory But the ashes on the kitchen floor Spell the letters I keep chasing I set fire to the rain And it burned But it kept you blazing [Bridge] How do you haunt the daylight? How are you in every hour? Tried to wash you from my hands All I did was feed the fire [Chorus] I set fire to the rain Till the clouds fell down around me Every drop a little you Every flash the way you found me And the ashes on the kitchen floor Spell the letters I keep tracing I set fire to the rain And it burned But it kept you blazing Hummm hmmmmm uuhhhmm Ooohhhooo oohhhhh oooohooh I set fire to the rain Till the sky smelled just like your sweater Let the thunder say your name Thinking pain might stitch me together But the ashes on the kitchen floor Spell the letters I keep chasing I set fire to the rain