And it rained all night

And it rained all night
And it rained all night and washed the filth away
Down New York airconditioned drains
The click click clack of the heavy black trains
A million engines in neutral

The tick tock tick of a ticking timebomb
Fifty feet of concrete underground
One little leak becomes a lake
Says the tiny voice in my earpiece
So I give in to the rhythm
The click click clack
I´m too wasted to fight back
Tick tack goes the pendulum on the old grandfather clock
I can see you
But I can never reach you
And it rained all night and then all day
The drops were the size of your hands and face
The worms come out to see what´s up
We pull the cars up from the river
It´s relentless
Invisible
Indefatigable
Indisputable
Undeniable
So how come it looks so beautiful?
How come the moon falls from the sky?
I can see you
But I can never reach you
I can see you
But I can never reach you
Durante una noche de lluvia interminable, la suciedad fue lavada lejos por el agua que fluía por los desagües acondicionados de Nueva York. El sonido repetitivo y metálico de los pesados trenes negros resonaba en la ciudad, mientras un millón de motores permanecían en punto muerto, creando una atmósfera de quietud...