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I can't stand the rain
Sara K. Lyrics

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I can't stand the rain
Against my window
Bringing back sweet memories

Hey, window pane
Do you remember
How sweet it used to be

When we was together
Everything was so grand
Now that we've parted
There's just one sound
That I just can't stand

I can't stand the rain
Against my window
Bringing back sweet memories

I can't stand the rain
Against my window
'Cause he's not here with me

Alone with the pillow
Where his head used to lay
I know you've got
Some sweet memories
But like the window
You ain't got nothing to say

I can't stand the rain
Against my window
Bringing back sweet memories

I can't stand the rain
Against my window
Just keeps on haunting me

Hey, rain
Get off my window

Overall Meaning

“I Can’t Stand the Rain” is a song by Ann Peebles that has been covered by various artists, including Sara K. in 1992. The lyrics of the song revolve around the idea of the rain and the way it brings back bittersweet memories of a past love. The singer in the song cannot stand the sound of the raindrops hitting against her window because it reminds her of the time when she was in love with someone, and they were happy together. They shared a lot of good memories and moments and presumably, broke up, leaving the singer alone with only their memories.

The song begins with the singer addressing her window, which she asks if it remembers the times when it was so sweet, and it was just the two of them. She then reminisces about how their lives were great while they were together, but everything has changed since that moment, and there is only one sound that she can’t stand. The singer is struggling to deal with the agonizing emotions that come from reliving the past through the rain, which only intensifies her pain.

The second stanza of the song focuses on the emptiness that the singer feels after the breakup. She is alone with nothing but the pillow where the head of the person she loves used to lay. The singer sorrows that the window only has sweet memories of them, but nothing to say, just like how the person she wants to share those sweet memories with isn't there anymore, it is just her and her thoughts.

Line by Line Meaning

I can't stand the rain
The rain causes unbearable emotional pain

Against my window
It's hitting the window and making noise

Bringing back sweet memories
Reminding me of times with him

Hey, window pane
Addressing the window

Do you remember
Asking the window if it remembers the past

How sweet it used to be
Recalling the romantic moments

When we was together
Referring to a time when they were still in love

Everything was so grand
Everything was perfect then

Now that we've parted
They have broken up

There's just one sound
Only the sound of rain remains

That I just can't stand
It's too much to bear

I can't stand the rain
Repeated line to reinforce the pain

Against my window
The source of the unbearable noise

Cause he's not here with me
Her lover is no longer with her

Alone with the pillow
She's alone in bed

Where his head used to lay
Missing the comfort of his presence

I know you've got
Addressing the window again

Some sweet memories
Recalling the good times they had

But like the window
The window remains silent and unresponsive

You ain't got nothing to say
It's as if the window has nothing to offer her in her current state

Just keeps on haunting me
The sound of the rain is a constant reminder of her pain

Hey, rain
Addressing the rain now

Get off my window
Asking the rain to stop its torment

Lyrics © DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Ann Peebles, Bernard Miller, Don Bryant

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