Comfort past the summertime,
clouds begin to fall
Shooting through the tangled
road signals of the storm
Was this the year we were to see,
or the year before the last?
When reality just starved to death
and the future ate the past
Standing on this empty plain,
hands up to the sun
Surely as the winds will rise,
the rains are gonna come
The unblinking eye of the dragon
fly eats the bitter pill
Every child was born deceived as
they saw the earth be killed
Memories of slavery make
a mutiny in my mind
Choices must be made here,
what to keep and leave behind
Symbols shattered in the wind,
the tempest has begun
Surely as the lightning strikes,
the rains are gonna come
Tongues thirst by the river,
mouths starve on the flames
The burning bush spits poison,
keen confusion reigns
Compassion nailed to the cross,
the day the righteous fled
What meaning is worth the rescue if
that indifference has been bled?
I feel like a fugitive running to the sun
Sure as the thunder roars the rains
are gonna come
I'm praying for deliverance
from a world I cannot see
Will there ever be redemption
if one soul's left unfree
I'm looking to the heavens,
I'm looking to the ground
The whole world's gone to pieces,
lost and upside down
The vision of a blind man
staring at the sun
Surely as the darkness falls,
the rains are gonna come
Surely as the darkness falls,
the rains are gonna come
Surely as the winds will rise, the rains are gonna come