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about
“Rains” is an optimistic song about the possibility of renewal. As if encouraging openness to change, springtime points to an inevitable summer that seems unimaginable in a desolate winter. Rainfall ferries away last year’s leaves, reanimates colorless grass, and invites new life to emerge.
lyrics
Rains
clear clutter,
make rivers
down gutters,
uncover
new color.
Rediscover all you forgot about
when your world was draped in snow.
Rains
make motion,
fill valleys
with ocean.
Stay open,
you’re not broken.
Erosion carries debris away,
and it disappears downstream.
for another chance to begin again,
and I want the same for you.
credits
released April 27, 2023
Written in 2021 by Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner
Produced and engineered by Peter Silberman
Recorded at Mtn Acres in High Falls, NY
Mixed by Nicholas Principe at People Teeth in Kingston, NY
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion in Portland, OR
Vocals, guitars, piano and synthesizers by Peter Silberman
Electronic percussion by Michael Lerner
I had the pleasure of co-producing ILYSM. This record is a behemoth, dealing with John Ross' harrowing health experiences, which he has sublimated into something beautiful and deeply relatable. The Antlers
My smile is stuck.
I cannot go back to your Frownland.
I cannot go back to your world of gloom
Where black jagged shadows
Remind me of the coming of your doom.
I want my own land.
Take my hand and come with me.
It's not too late for you.
It's not too late for me
To find my homeland.
My smile is stuck.
I cannot go back to your Frownland.