Author’s Note: For Ray, Sass, and Wil. I wouldn’t have posted this if not for you guys. And for all the words that rhyme with ‘rain’, and depression. And Draco’s ever-so-present silver eyes.

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Verse

I took a wrong turn on the path I tread

Just about when my feet turned to lead

I keep taking steps but I’ve yet to gain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Verse

I never knew I’d end up to stray so far

I lost my direction, I don’t know who you are

You shaved off my compass with your silver-blond mane

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Never knowing if I’d live to see the sun again

I’ve been trudging through the mud and the pain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Verse

You thought you’d reeled me in with those sweet silver eyes

You never thought I’d think fast and see through that guise

You inadvertently revealed my gilded cage

All the time your words dulling down my rage

Took a backseat to my thoughts and watched my influence wane

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Back in time to a fleeting moment when I was sane

And when you asked me what I did I refrain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Taking step after thought down the lane

But despite the memories I’ve yet to regain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Bridge

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

And as of yet have you seen me complain?

When I’m away from you I cannot explain

How my moral conquests are thought out in vain

I know by now that you drove me insane

Driving my decisions all against the grain

But then I thought that you were in pain

But you rode my conscience like a man on a train

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Watching the common sense go down the drain

And though the sky’s tears wash the blood stain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

And those droplets wrack unimaginable hell on the brain

I stand amongst you and the ones you’ve slain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Chorus/Coda

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain

Knowing that I live to see your face again

The tears fall down but I’ll once more ignore the pain

I’ve been walking in the pouring rain