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“Black Rain” sees the band tackling organized religion. The song started off as an idea by John Feldmann with a ‘churchy vibe’; then Matt Skiba ‘painted it black’ after he watched Spotlight, a 2015 film about abusive priests.
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Tragedy (Tragedy)
Erased my memory (Erased my memory)
And now all I see
Is this black rain
Oh, tragedy (Tragedy)
You took my everything (You took my everything)
Oh, now all I feel
All I feel is pain
Oh, how can I go on
Knowing that I lost you?
Where did I go wrong?
Where did you run off to?
Lost down here, broken and alone
[Verse 1: Mark Hoppus]
I went and searched for some answers
But all I found were monsters
They're under my bed
They're haunting this tie that's been severed
This tie that's been severed
Now I follow your footsteps
Through the ashes you once crept
I feel so hollow now
I'm trapped on this island
This island of regret
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Tragedy (Tragedy)
Erased my memory (Erased my memory)
And now all I see
Is this black rain
Oh, tragedy (Tragedy)
You took my everything (You took my everything)
Oh, now all I feel
All I feel is pain
Oh, how can I go on
Knowing that I lost you?
Where did I go wrong?
Where did you run off to?
Lost down here, broken and alone
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
They left a note on the front door
With a time and a place as the tears poured from my eyes
Straight to the floor, there was no going back once we knew what they came for
And all I have here is heartache
And bones, and mirrors for me to break
Only so much bad luck a person can take
We quiver and quake, we shiver and shake
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Tragedy (Tragedy)
Erased my memory (Erased my memory)
And now all I see
Is this black rain
Oh, tragedy
Black Rain was written by Mark Hoppus & Travis Barker & Matt Skiba & John Feldmann.
Black Rain was produced by The Futuristics & Tim Pagnotta & John Feldmann.
blink-182 released Black Rain on Fri Sep 20 2019.
For the lyrics, I’d been thinking about my issues with organized religion. I think there’s a big difference between religion and faith – they’re two very different things. Faith is a beautiful thing, no matter what your faith is… unless it’s the Ku Klux Klan or some horrible piece of shit. Faith is...