Close window There is I?m sure, a metaphor of one kind or another in here. But it really was raining. Raining hard. I read some months later a quote by Alan Watts, an English scholar and writer. He said., ?The erfection of Zen is to be perfectly and simply human.? 15-20 years ago I often drove cross-country between the midwest and California. I have vague memories of taped Watts? lectures on AM radio late at night?.. Raining (Tim Grimm) It's raining so hard here, I can't open any doors I'm stuck inside these four walls, wondering who this rain is for I'm stuck inside my own skin, I'm stuck inside my mind Thinking 'bout when I last held you, getting quieter all the time... All I want is to be human, and to walk a simple path To break the silence into laughter, and hold it in my hand Hold it in my hand Now that I'm a father, it so often breaks my heart To hear the voice of little dreamers tell me things that I've forgot Things they wish, and what they hope for And how I think they cannot be... -chorus- It's raining so hard here, I can't open any doors I'm staring at these four walls. wondering who this rain is for Maybe I am getting rusty and I just need a hand to hold Maybe I am growing stronger, maybe I am spinning gold... © 2000 Steel Cabinet Publishing BMI Close window