# Teaspoons of Rain **[Intro]** [Train rhythm fading into rain. Celesta answers individual drops.] *(tap...)* *(tap... tap...)* A teaspoon of rain... *(rain...)* **[Verse 1]** The windows are silver, the fields have no name The rails disappear where the white fog came A drop on the glass and another again Teaspoon by teaspoon, the weather comes in The ribbon of red has gone dark on his coat The station behind him is too far to note He listens for wheels, but the wheels sound the same As teaspoons of rain **[Chorus]** Teaspoons of rain Teaspoons of rain Falling so softly they don't leave a stain Drop after drop Name after name Everything passing in teaspoons of rain *(teaspoons... teaspoons...)* *(rain... rain...)* **[Verse 2]** The train does not hurry, the train does not slow No houses are coming, no houses will go The clock in the carriage says quarter to nine Then quarter to nine Then quarter to nine *(nine... nine... nine...)* He writes on the window: **PERCIVAL GRAY** The letters run downward and wash themselves away He writes it once more, but the last little name Runs into the rain **[Chorus]** Teaspoons of rain Teaspoons of rain Falling so softly they don't leave a stain Drop after drop Name after name Everything passing in teaspoons of rain *(drop after drop...)* *(name after name...)* *(rain...)* **[Instrumental]** [Mellotron flute carries the chorus melody. Backwards guitar rises beneath it. Train wheels almost disappear.] **[Bridge]** *(Percival, nearly spoken)* How far is nowhere? *(Backing, distant)* Not yet... How long is rain? *(not yet...)* If I lose the road behind me, Will I know it by its name? *(name... name...)* [Brief silence.] One red thread On a windowpane *(red...)* One red thread In the rain **[Verse 3]** Then somewhere ahead of him something turns blue Not sky, not yet — only light coming through A green he can't name trembles under the grey Then vanishes softly and will not stay The rain becomes thinner, the carriage grows bright A yellow reflection moves into the white And every small colour appears for a frame Then melts into rain **[Final Chorus: fuller harmonies, Mellotron strings enter]** Teaspoons of rain Teaspoons of rain Falling so softly — but something has changed Drop after drop Colour by name Something is waking in teaspoons of rain *(blue...)* *(green...)* *(yellow...)* Teaspoons of rain Teaspoons of rain The grey on the window is breaking again **[Post-Chorus]** *(Lead / backing, overlapping)* Drop by drop *(drop by drop...)* Name by name *(name by name...)* Colour by colour *(colour... colour...)* Rain... **[Outro]** [Rain thins. Train ambience almost gone. Celesta repeats three notes.] Percival lifts his eyes. *(very softly)* Blue... [One Mellotron chord blooms.] Someone has painted the sky. [Cut.]
