Track 7 of the album Horizon Songs · 2013
Half an Umbrella, Half the Way
“Sharing a bad umbrella in the rain is the most romantic thing we know. Short and cosy, like the umbrella.”
cinematic pop · cinematic pop · folk hymn · 3:19
Lyrics
The bus was gone, the sky came down Right on the corner of the town You held your umbrella, I held my breath Said, there's room for two, and I said yes One small circle in the rain Shoulders touching, lightly plain Half an umbrella, half the way Half of me dry and half of me sway We don't know each other's names But we're stepping in time through the rain Half an umbrella, half the way Strangers are friends for a rainy day Hold it a little higher, please Let the whole world drip on the leaves You turned left at the baker's shop I said, I'll go that way, I'll walk you up The gutters sang, the puddles shone And neither one of us hurried on One small circle in the rain Laughing at the weather's game Half an umbrella, half the way Half of me dry and half of me sway We don't know each other's names But we're stepping in time through the rain Half an umbrella, half the way Strangers are friends for a rainy day Hold it a little higher, please Let the whole world drip on the leaves And when we reach your door You'll fold it up, and that is all But I'll remember the drumming sound Of a hundred small applauses falling Half an umbrella, half the way Half of me dry and half of me sway We don't know each other's names But we're stepping in time through the rain Half an umbrella, half the way Strangers are friends for a rainy day Hold it a little higher, please Let the whole world drip on the leaves Half the way, half the way Thank you for the rain today