“Only love can bring the rain, That makes you yearn to the sky … That falls like tears from on high”

song ~ “Love, Reign O'er Me”  

artist ~ The Who  

Only love can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers layin' in the fields

Love, reign o'er me
Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me

Only love can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me
Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me

On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool, cool rain

I can't sleep, and I lay, and I think
The night is hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

Love, reign o'er me
Reign o'er me, o'er me, o'er me
Love, reign o'er me, o'er me
Love     _{(Image source)}

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“Love, Reign O'er Me”  is the final song on both The Who’s 1973 album “Quadrophenia”  and the 1979 film of the same name. As articulated in the voice of the protagonist Jimmy, the song expresses his surrender to a higher love.    

Hope for a Reason

As the “Quadrophenia”  story comes to an end, all Jimmy’s hopes, dreams, and youthful optimism have come to naught, and he’s at his lowest moment. If anything, the situation has become worse, since Jimmy now understands that there’s really no way out of his distressing circumstances. But, at just that moment, he realizes that there is a reason to go on – to continue living.    

Although he has not escaped his grim situation, he has transcended it, and he has grown stronger. That alone ensures that he will eventually escape it.   

Poignant and Powerful

With Pete Townshend’s poignant lyrics and Roger Daltrey’s powerful and heart-rending vocals, “Love, Reign O'er Me”  became one The Who’s signature tunes.

The critic Mark Deming stated that Daltrey’s performance of this song showed him to be “at the very peak of his powers.”   Indeed, his vocals in this song are among the most passionate you'll ever hear.   _{(Image source)}
The Who – "Love, Reign O'er Me"  _{(Right-click to hear on YouTube)}
Lyrics by Pete Townshend, courtesy of – AZLyrics.com
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