Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain,
Screaming in the California rain.

Me and Sam and a couple of mates,
Running full tilt on the Golden Gate.
Wind in the wires and the traffic roared,
Whole bridge humming like a power chord.
She let out a scream; I was screaming too,
Mouth wide open, not a sound got through.
Halfway across, then down came the rain,
Huge round drops — and we screamed again.

Let it out, let it out,
Let it all come down.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Back home, cold rain — a slap in the face,
This wrapped round us like a warm embrace.
Ran for the minivan, soaked to the skin,
Couldn’t stop laughing, couldn’t keep it in.
Alcatraz out there, grey in the bay,
Waved to the ghosts as we splashed away.
No choir of angels, no light from above,
Just traffic and rain, but it felt like love.

Let it out, let it out,
Let it all come down.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Primal screaming? “Not my scene.
Cali hippy nonsense — know what I mean?”
Now I’m soaked, and the joke’s on me:
Maybe they knew how to feel this free.

Let it out, let it out,
Let it all come down.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Screaming in the California rain,
Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain.
Warm on my skin, let it soak right through,
Screaming in the rain with you.

Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain,
Screaming in the California rain.

Never made the other side.
Still felt like we arrived.