He keeps his coat hanging by the door
Like he might leave, but never does
Windows rattle, the sky turns gray
He counts the drops instead of days
Old boots wait by the stair
Dust where the road should be
He says the rain takes something back
That he can’t afford to lose again
He don’t walk out when the rain comes down
Stays where the walls can hold him in
Every storm just pulls him further
From the man he might’ve been
So he listens to the water fall
Like it knows his name somehow
He don’t walk out when the rain comes down
Twelve strings hum like a low confession
Songs he never sings out loud
Harmonica cries between his hands
Like the past won’t settle down
He learned once, long ago
How fast the daylight bends
One step taken in the rain
Can change where you end
He don’t walk out when the rain comes down
Lets the world keep moving on
Every storm just reminds him
Of everything he’s done wrong
So he waits it out behind these walls
Till the clouds are breaking ground
He don’t walk out when the rain comes down
If the sky could promise mercy
If the road could forgive
Maybe he’d open up that door
And remember how to live
But he don’t walk out when the rain comes down
Fear’s got a long, familiar sound
Every drop keeps saying, “Stay inside”
Don’t let your feet touch sacred ground
So he breathes in the thunder slow
Head bowed, eyes to the ground
He don’t walk out
No, he don’t walk out
When the rain comes down