Like the Weather

Album: In My Tribe (1987)
Charted: 68
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  • The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey.
    Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again.
    With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.
    A quiver in my lips as if I might cry.

    Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe.
    Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave.
    Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.
    Quiver in my voice as I cry,

    "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away."

    I hear the sound of a noon bell chime.
    Now I'm far behind.
    You've put in 'bout half a day
    while here I lie
    with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.
    A quiver in my lip as if I might cry,

    "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away?"

    Do I need someone here to scold me
    or do I need someone who'll grab and pull me out of this four poster dull torpor pulling downward.
    For it is such a long time since my better days.
    I say my prayers nightly this will pass away.

    The color of the sky is grey as I can see through the blinds.
    Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
    with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.
    A quiver in my voice as I cry,

    "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away?"
    I shiver, quiver, and try to wake. Writer/s: NATALIE MERCHANT
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Zethrael from NyI had heard Natalie wrote "Like the Weather" after a bad breakup with Michael Stipe.
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