The sixth song on the album, this is about coping with the inevitable sadness and owning it, made easier by the help of someone from your past.
The eye of a single storm
It has your gaze
Like I recall
From the olden days
Why not love this rain?
But it's how you feel
After all
Like lightning striking ground
I'll name this flood
And paint the town with the things I've found
Why not wait for rain?
You'll know it's real
After all
I can do what I did
Fell asleep for islands
Oh but I can do what I did
Fell asleep for islands
We burned up all the colors
Made sure they got our names
Drowning just like sailors
Learning how to breathe
And all our older brothers
Took their notes from the shore
Shaking their umbrellas
Under the building roar
[x2]
The eye of a single storm
It has your gaze
Like I recall
From the olden days
Why not love this rain?
But it's how you feel
After all
Like lightning striking ground
I'll name this flood
And paint the town with the things I've found
Why not wait for rain?
You'll know it's real
After all
Magic Man released Like Sailors on Mon Jan 25 2010.