Chance
Big Country Lyrics

All the rain came down
It was raining heavily when the events of the story took place.

On a cold new town
The story takes place in a new and unfamiliar place that is also cold.

As he carried you away
Someone took you away from your father's hand.

From your father's hand
Your father was involved in the events that took place.

That always seemed like a fist
Your father's hand always felt threatening and suffocating, like a fist.

Reaching out to make you pay
Your father's actions were always meant to punish you for something.

He came like a hero from the factory floor
Someone arrived like a hero from a factory job, bringing hope and positivity.

With the sun and moon as gifts
This hero figuratively brought the sun and moon with them, symbolizing hope and life.

But the only son you ever saw
Despite this hero being male, they only left behind two daughters.

Were the two he left you with
The only children this hero left behind were two daughters.

Now the skirts hang so heavy around your head
Years have passed, and you are burdened by the choices you made in your youth.

That you never knew you were young
You were so busy trying to survive that you didn't realize how young and inexperienced you were.

Because you played chance with a lifetime's romance
You took a gamble on a romantic relationship that ended up affecting your entire life.

And the price was far too long
The consequences of your romantic choices were too overwhelming and lasted too long.

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
The singer questions where their emotions went in the face of such overwhelming life circumstances.

Oh Lord I never felt so low
The artist is at their lowest point emotionally.