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the endless nights, the rhyming of the rain,
Or how it feels to fall behind and watch you call his name
Pack up and
Almost poetically, Sam Smith reveals the hardship he goes through every night he spends alone.
Firstly, rain is usually the weather type most associated with sadness and hopelessness, and in Britain it definitely rains a lot, this sentiment is portrayed perfectly by Simon & Garfunkel in ‘Kathy’s Song’:
I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls
All Sam is hear is constant rain in his life because there’s no one to distract him from its sound.
Secondly, what ‘rhymes with “rain”’ is pain. Though is not as obvious as most pains in the world, loneliness is extremely detrimental to people and can even cause depression, as he aptly puts it, these feelings are just endless relenting.