R.E.M and Questions for God

In my many questionings and arguments with God, I've often said I'll take the other side if this is all you have to offer. I've always loved R.E.M.; have about a thousand of their CDs. This reminds me of what I say to "Him" when I have nothing else to say. Sometimes I just tell him if this is the best you have to offer, I'll take the rain.

"I'll Take The Rain"

The rain came down

The rain came down

The rain came down on me.

The wind blew strong

The summer song

Fades to memory

I knew you whenI loved you then

The summer's young and helpless.

You laid me bareYou marked me there

The promises we made.

I used to think

As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can't we?

You cling to this

You claim the best

If this is what you're offering

I'll take the rain

I'll take the rain

I'll take the rain.

The nighttime creases

Summer schemes And stretches out to stay.

The sun shines down

You came around

You love easy days.

But now the sun,

The winter's come.

I wanted just to say

That if I hold I'd hope you'd fold

Open up inside, inside of me.

I used to think As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can't we?

You cling to this

You claim the best

If this is what you're offering

I'll take the rain

I'll take the rain

I'll take the rain.

This winter song

I'll sing alongI've searched its still refrain

I'll walk aloneI've given this, take wing

Celebrate the rain.I used to think

As birds take wing

They sing through life so why can't we?

You cling to thisYou claim the best

If this is what you're offering

I'll take the rainI'll take the rain

I'll take the rain.