R.E.M. - I'll Take the Rain

Poucas vezes me vi tão concentrado e impressionado com a grandeza de um vídeo, como fiquei ao assistir esse pela primeira vez.
A animação em união com a canção, nos passa uma paz inexplicável, sentimento o qual poucos sabem proporcionar, mas em se tratando de Michael Stipe, parece até uma coisa fácil.
Impossível não viajar com o cachorrinho, durante a exploração dele, naquela ilha estranha, e não sentir certo frio na barriga, em dois momentos, quando ele desaba sobre um buraco que se abre no chão, e quando ele é resgatado por um pássaro (para mim os dois ápices da música e do clipe, juntos).
Falando na canção, ela se encontra no maravilhoso Reveal, de 2001.

The rain came down
the rain came down
the rain came down on me
The wind blew strong
and Summer's song
it fades to memory.

I knew you when
I loved you then
in Summer's yawn, now hopeless.
You laid me bare
and marked me there
the promises we made.

I used to think, as birds take wing,
they sing through life, so why can't we?
We cling to this, and claim the best
if this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.

The nighttime creases
Summer schemes
and stretches out to stay
The sun shines down
you came around
you loved the easy days.

But now the sun
the Winter's come
I wanted just to say
That if I hold
I'd hoped you'd fold
and open up inside, inside of me.

I used to think, as birds take wing,
they sing through life, so why can't we?
We cling to this, and claim the best
if this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.

This Winter's song
I'll sing along
I've searched its still refrain.
I'll walk alone
if given this
take wing, and celebrate the rain.

I used to think, as birds take wing,
they sing through life, so why can't we?
We cling to this, and claim the best
if this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.