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Patterns of the Rain
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A song about being inspired by our surroundings.
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Dan Sheehan is a rock musician and songwriter writing about social justice and saving the planet, and led the bands The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy and Banter.
Dan Sheehan's The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis, is a concert experience and forthcoming album emphasizing the immediate urgency of the climate crisis. With songs ranging from melancholy tales of caution to vigorous calls to action, the songs entertain while calling on listeners to do their part to combat climate change through voting and holding politicians accountable, limiting their personal carbon footprints, and inspiring others to advocate and act. Through songs rooted in rock, folk, soul, funk, and hip-hop, The Seas Are Rising tells the stories of people around the world already dealing with intense, climate-induced consequences. Listeners hear the stories of Puerto Ricans facing deadly and ravaging hurricanes, Pacific Islanders facing loss of their home due to rising sea levels, Australians fleeing destructive brush fires, and eco-heroes in Latin America working under constant threat to preserve their natural treasures. Sheehan and band have performed throughout the US, UK, Ireland and Spain. His previous concept album and live show, Tales from Earth Incorporated, tackled corporate and political greed and earned Sheehan Songwriter of the Year honors at the New Jersey based Elephant Talk Indie Music Awards as well as Best Political Subject Album from the music director awards at radio station WHFR-FM in Detroit, USA. Sheehan has previously won awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
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Charts
Peak #335
Peak in subgenre #50
Author
Dan Sheehan
Rights
2007 Daniel Sheehan
Uploaded
June 13, 2014
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MP3
MP3 3.4 MB 160 kbps 2:58
Story behind the song
Written back when I was in college, too long ago to remember the whole process! But this was first performed at the Vassar College Cafe.
Lyrics
Patterns of the Rain words and music by Dan Sheehan Raindrops fall around me and rest upon my hair Humidity is weighing down the air The silence that surrounds me just doesn't seem to care It doesn't even notice that I'm there Inspiration avoids me - it hides behind a door I open it to find it's there no more Music disappoints me I begin to feel a chord (accord) Then like a wave it breaks upon the shore But as my eyes address the clouds It comes to me again The rhythm that I heard before In the patterns of the rain Birds migrate above me and high above the sea I see them all - not one of them sees me The sing of southern lands where I have never been The North's the only place I've ever seen Onward they fly in perfect V-formation They cross the border to their destination Unaware of me and of my fascination They that have no concept of a nation And as they fly into the night Wings beat in harmony And fill out all the emptiness Inside my melody
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