the sky above the rain

she loves him

but she doesn't want him

she used to burn for him

but now that's changed

she knows he knows

and she says it isn't so

what else can she say?

but when he reaches out

she turns away. when he talks about it

she says he's cruel

so he apologises

counts his blessings

what else can he do?

she used to gaze at him reach out with her toes to touch him

she still loves him

but she doesn't want him

and in her eyes

he's so much less

than the light heart she met

the laughing boy she used to know

he feels ugly now

and the ugliness

creeps around inside him

until he really is. the animal paws at him

gnaws at him

the silver-back wins over him

and in his pain

and bitter shame

he resents her. the one who loves him

they said they'd never lie

they'd learned their lessons from the last times

they said that they could talk

they could always talk

deceit stirs in them now for reasons good as well as bad

but he wants so much

not to live another lie

to be free and high again

trying to see the blue sky above the rain

trying to see the blue sky above the rain

remembering the blue sky above the pouring rain

he's trying to see the blue sky above the rain

he's flown there and he's seen it

been up there lighter than air

floating in the miracle

but he can't fly until she wants him

he can't burn until she sparks him

he's dressed in lead from toe to head

trying to see the blue sky above the rain

remembering the blue sky above the rain

maybe they'll talk

soul to soul head to head heart to heart eye to eye

rise up to that blue space above the clouds

where troubles die

and tears dry

heading west and climbing

in that place the sun never stops shining

the rain's below us.