After The Rain
Rev Theory Lyrics


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There's nothing left to give
There's nothing left to prove
There's nothing we can say
We've counted every word
Like stars and all the moons
We've buried them away
As I promised I would
After the rain soaks through your bones
We carry the guilt, we carry our own
After the pain, careless and cold
We carry the life you'll never know
You cursed at all the world
And wished you never could
You cherished everything (that'll help us now)
And locked yourself into a room
And silenced the pain in your head
You couldn't cope you cut it off




And left us all
I still see the warmth you left

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Rev Theory's song "After the Rain" seem to express the despair and desperation of a person who has stopped trying to hold on. The opening lines suggest that the person has given up: "There's nothing left to give, there's nothing left to prove." They have exhausted all their resources and have accepted their defeat. The next few lines suggest that they have tried to communicate and reason with others, but it has been fruitless: "There's nothing we can say, we've counted every word." They have even tried to bury their words and emotions, but nothing has worked.


However, later on, the lyrics indicate that the person might have taken their own life and the rest of the other lines talk about how they "silenced the pain in [their] head, cut it off, and left us all." The lyrics shift from talking about the person in the present tense to the past: "You cursed at all the world, and wished you never could, you cherished everything (that'll help us now)." This could be interpreted as someone speaking to the person who has passed on.


The chorus of the song comes in with a mournful tone, as the person left behind carries the pain, guilt, and life that the other person never got to experience. They carry the burden of the loss, and "still see the warmth [the person] left" behind. Overall, the lyrics suggest a tragic end to a person's life, leaving their loved ones behind to grieve and try to carry on.


Line by Line Meaning

There's nothing left to give
We have given everything we could


There's nothing left to prove
We have proved ourselves enough


There's nothing we can say
There are no words left to express


We've counted every word
We have thought over every word


Like stars and all the moons
We have reflected on all of our experiences


We've buried them away
We have kept them hidden inside ourselves


As I promised I would
As I vowed to do


After the rain soaks through your bones
After experiencing a profound sense of sadness


We carry the guilt, we carry our own
We carry on with the weight of our own guilt


After the pain, careless and cold
After feeling indifferent and uncaring


We carry the life you'll never know
We will carry on with a life that you will never experience


You cursed at all the world
You were angry at the world


And wished you never could
And wished you could take it all back


You cherished everything (that'll help us now)
You valued everything that will benefit us now


And locked yourself into a room
And isolated yourself from the world


And silenced the pain in your head
And suppressed the pain in your mind


You couldn't cope you cut it off
You couldn't handle it and disconnected yourself


And left us all
And left all of us behind


I still see the warmth you left
I can still feel the positive impact you had on us




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