Does this ever happen to you? You end up playing the rescuer without ever really deciding to. . Someone gets caught in the rain and suddenly you're already running toward them with an umbrella, a towel and, apparently, an entire emergency response team. . It's exhausting. . Not because you don't want to help. But because sometimes you know you shouldn't... and you still can't stop yourself. . And then there's something even more uncomfortable to realize: sometimes the other person only becomes the victim because, somewhere along the way, we decided to become their rescuer. If we keep running into their rain for them, we might eventually teach them that they can't face it on their own. . I think that's the part I've struggled with the most. Understanding that caring about someone doesn't mean I have to run every time it rains. . "Ran for Your Rain" is about that. . ============================ . [VERSE] Every night the ceiling cried You'd be standing in the rain I'd keep buckets by my side Just to catch your flood again [PRE-CHORUS] I kept wondering why you never closed the window Why the storm knew exactly where to come . [CHORUS] ... . [VERSE] You'd leave footprints through the hallway I'd be down there on my knees Drying rivers from the floorboards While you shivered in the sheets . [PRE-CHORUS] I blamed the clouds above your head Then stayed awake beside your bed . [CHORUS] ... . [VERSE] Then one morning there was sunlight Not a raindrop on the glass Still I reached beneath the sink For the bucket like I always had . [PRE-CHORUS] That's when I saw my fingerprints . [CHORUS] I ran each time it started raining Like you were the only one who could drown I ran each time it started raining I kept you dry instead of letting you learn the rain . [PRE-CHORUS] I thought I came to stop the flood I never learned to close the window . CHORUS] I ran each time it started raining Like you were the only one who could drown I ran each time it started raining I kept you dry instead of letting you learn the rain ... Like you were the only one who could drown Like you were the only one who could drown Like you were the only one who could drown Like you were the only one who could drown more