A Promise of Rain by the West Window

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

You ask what day you will see me at your door

Clutching the letter paper I could not put my days properly into words

The mountain rain has filled the pool to the brim

The wick flickers once, lighting half a phrase of longing

[Pre-Chorus]

The eaves count the long sound of water for me

Every drop longs to fall into your palm

[Chorus]

Save tonight's rain for our reunion

Then we will draw close to the same lamp

You coax the candle's sleepy flame to brightness for me

I tell you how I missed you in this little room until dawn

For now, I tuck the unfinished words into an envelope

Someday I will tell you with a smile, and you will understand

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Night gently closes over the mountains outside the window

A dog’s bark in the distance stretches the silence longer still

I imagine a faint light still glows at your window too

Could you be softly speaking my name

[Pre-Chorus]

The eaves count the long sound of water for me

Every drop longs to fall into your palm

[Chorus]

Save tonight's rain for our reunion

Then we will draw close to the same lamp

You coax the candle's sleepy flame to brightness for me

I tell you how I missed you in this little room until dawn

For now, I tuck the unfinished words into an envelope

Someday I will tell you with a smile, and you will understand

[Bridge]

I cannot leave you waiting with an empty promise of a date

I can only put the life before me in order, one thing at a time

May all those winding roads lead to you in the end

May we still have the patience to revisit the past slowly

[Final Chorus]

Save tonight's rain for our reunion

Then we will draw close to the same lamp

You coax the candle's sleepy flame to brightness for me

I tell you how I missed you in this little room until dawn

For now, I tuck the unfinished words into an envelope

Someday I will tell you with a smile, and you will understand

[Outro]

If the sky clears tomorrow, send this letter on its way

The sound of rain and I still wish to linger longer in your heart