The Price of Rain

​(Verse 1 – Akustisch, schnell gesungen im Ed Sheeran Stil)

Walking down the street, saw a price tag on a tree

I remember when the air and the dirt were free

Now they’re bottling the clouds, selling sips of the sky

While we’re counting up the coins just to stay alive

Tell me, who drew the line in the middle of the sand?

Who put a "Private" sign on the common land?

Did a king or a suit with a pen in his hand

Decide that the ocean belongs to a brand?

​(Pre-Chorus – Aufbauend, Spannung steigt)

It’s a strange kind of magic, a cold kind of trick

To put a lock on the garden and make us feel sick

For wanting a peach or a drink from the stream

Without waking up from this corporate dream.

​(Chorus – Kraftvoll, Sia-Style „Chandelier“-Vibe, hoher Wiedererkennungswert)

Oh, who sold the water? Who bought the sun?

Who told the hungry that the feast is done?

It’s the power of the paper, the greed in the soul

Taking the pieces and calling it whole!

I’m screaming for the rivers, I’m crying for the seed

How did a blessing turn into a need?

Oh-oh-oh, we’re paying for the rain

Oh-oh-oh, to wash away the pain!

​(Verse 2 – Rhythmisch, mehr Percussion)

The apples are shining like gold in the bin

But the soil didn't ask for a cut of the win

Nature was giving, but we started to take

Now the thirst of the many is a profit we make

Yeah, the CEO’s laughing while the well's running dry

But you can’t take the money to the afterlife sky.

​(Bridge – Dramatisch, Sia-typische Vocals)

The earth doesn't know about dollars and cents

It doesn't see borders, it doesn't see fences

It’s all an illusion, a debt we can’t pay

Until everything natural is traded away!

​(Chorus – Maximaler Sound, Mitsing-Faktor)

Oh, who sold the water? Who bought the sun?

Who told the hungry that the feast is done?

It’s the power of the paper, the greed in the soul

Taking the pieces and calling it whole!

​(Outro – Sanft ausklingend, nur Gitarre)

The rain is free...

At least it used to be.

Yeah, it used to be.