Let the rain come down

If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and buy Sara Bareilles' "Kaleidoscope Heart."  I didn't think she could top her debut album "Little Voice," but she absolutely did.  Don't get me wrong, I still adore "Little Voice," but I'm obsessed with "Kaleidoscope Heart."  I've listened to it more than a dozen times since it came out two weeks ago, and I'm nowhere near sick of it.  Each week, a new song speaks to me.  This week, it's "Let the Rain."  The lyrics just kick me right in the stomach. 

I wish I were pretty

I wish I were brave

If I owned this city

Then 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

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

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 flood gates 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 onto 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 is 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 flood gates 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