The Storm - The Guild League

It was as if the bay had woken up

And walked across the city

I suppose the lightning was quite striking

But I was too damn cold

To think of it as pretty

And now it seems like

The twelve won’t come at all

As the rain hits, horizontally

The glass bus-shelter wall

Now my calves are slowly soaking

As I cower from the rain

And the bullshit this day’s thrown me

Well it sticks to me again

So with traffic at a standstill

And with hope my driving force

Watch me walk into the water

Hear me shouting myself hoarse

And as the rain came down I danced

Over the oily river where the road had been

As though I’d probably missed my chance

I had to tell you that we hadn’t covered everything

The foxes in the fig-trees

They see the city upside-down

And they wrap their wings and settle in

As the weather goes to town

Now if I could be a catchment

For whatever comes to pass

I’d be pouring possibilities

In this half-empty glass

And as the rain came down I danced

Over the oily river where the road had been

And though I’d probably missed my chance

I had to tell you that we hadn’t covered everything

And when the storm had passed I stood

In the clear dry shadow where your car had been

And though the forecast wasn’t good

Fear is a feeling that will never cover everything

Fear is a feeling that will never cover everything