Rain Between the Streetlights

Rain between the streetlights

Silver in the air

Every passing taxi

Leaves a color there

Umbrellas move like shadows

Quiet down the lane

Tokyo is speaking

In the language of the rain

Nothing has to disappear

It only has to soften here

Rain between the streetlights

Falling slow and kind

Washing all the sharp edges

From the corners of my mind

I don't need a clear sky

I don't need to understand

Rain between the streetlights

Is enough to hold my hand

Steam above the doorway

Footprints on the stone

Someone waits beneath an awning

Someone walks alone

I can hear the rail line

Like a song beneath the street

Every little drop of night

Keeps a gentle beat

Nothing has to end tonight

It only needs a softer light

Rain between the streetlights

Falling slow and kind

Washing all the sharp edges

From the corners of my mind

I don't need a clear sky

I don't need to understand

Rain between the streetlights

Is enough to hold my hand

Let it fall

Let it stay

Let it carry noise away

Rain between the streetlights

Falling slow and kind

Turning every lonely window

Into something warm and bright

I don't need a clear sky

I can meet the night as I am

Rain between the streetlights

Is enough to understand

Rain between the streetlights