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10,000 Maniacs & Michael Stipe
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“Like The Weather”, like many 10,000 Maniacs works, is rather dreadful despite its playful instrumentation. The lyrics describe seasonal affective disorder, or in the least parallel a depressive mood with undesirable weather.
[Verse 1]
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal gray
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
A quiver in my lips as if i might cry
Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so i breathe
Lately it seems this big bed is where i never leave
Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
Quiver in my voice as i cry
[Chorus:]
What a cold and rainy day
Where on earth is the sun hid away?
[Verse 2:]
I hear the sound of a noon bell chime, i'm far behind
You've put in 'bout half a day while here i lie
With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
A quiver in my lip as if i might cry
[Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Do i need someone
Here to scold me or do i need someone
Who'll grab and pull me
Out of this four poster dull torpor
Pulling downward
It is such a long time since my better days
I say my prayers nightly this will pass away
The color of the sky is gray as i can see through the blinds
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
A quiver in my voice as i cry
[Chorus:]
What a cold and rainy day
Where on earth is the sun hid away?
I shiver, quiver, and try to wake
Like the Weather was written by Natalie Merchant.
Like the Weather was produced by Peter Asher.
10,000 Maniacs released Like the Weather on Mon Jul 27 1987.