What does Handful of Rain mean?

Savatage: Handful of Rain Meaning

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Handful of Rain Lyrics

The night is growing dark
From somewhere deep within
It shelters like an ark
And always takes you in

And the mind goes numb
'Till it's feeling no pain
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain

Wash your women
In your whiskey
When...

  1. Oniren
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    Feb 25th 2010 !⃝

    'Handful of Rain' is about reaching for something you can't grasp fully such as a goal, a dream, or a hope. Specifically, if you were in hell--desperate, lost, and looking for a moment of hope--you'd give anything for a respite (a handful of rain). The song was inspired by a real bar in New York City, incidentally the same "Old City Bar" later visited on the first TSO disc. The extra lyric printed in the liner notes (but not actually included in the song except on the Japanese and Australian pressings) demonstrates this meaning a great deal.


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