Briar D'Rosiers Trevalion

"There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every day, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger." ~Saul Bellow

barbarian wife. Her father, Lord Aleron, loved to sail ships and was something akin to a pirate, actually. He saw her mother, Sorcha while in Eire, and and brought her back to Terre D'Ange as wife. Briar was born.Briar has very little memories of her mother, who died of fever when she was very young. Though she does remember that she was very beautiful and strong willed and had a gift for music. Her father says she takes after her, not just in her looks, but also in her personality. Briar is the apple of her father's eye. He has spoiled her completely and utterly, giving her whatever her heart desired. He never remarried and she was the only child. She was not raised as a typical young lady at all. Her father, having no boys, often would take her aboard his ship and she learned from him and his crew, a lot about seafaring. He wouldn't take her with him, however, when he would travel, and she was left at home with a governess. During her childhood, she was constantly getting in trouble from various caretakers for something or other. Whether it be climbing trees or bullying the boys. She always came back with scrapes and messy hair, much to the bane of whomever was in charge of her. She did exactly as she wanted, whenever she wanted, and her father would simply indulge her.

"Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished." ~Lusia Sigea

"Between two evils, I always choose the one I have never tried before." ~Mae West

Briar came to Elua to become a Lady In Waiting to Her Majesty, the Queen and to acquire a rich and influential husband so that her family could expand their coffers and rise in influence. After only being in Elua a few days, she caught the eye of a foreign warrior named Antilochus Machemonon Aiakides and struck a rather creative bargain with the Hellenic man. He became her lover and mentor for the first few months she was in Elua. Not long after that, she came across a Comte from Camlach. However, she and Comte Eugene Renaud did not exactly hit it off at first. Rather, they enjoyed taunting one another and insulting the other. It was a game they both seemed to enjoy trying to make the other look bad in front of others. Funny thing was, however, they instantly became lovers despite the animosity they had for each other. When Antilochus mysteriously disappeared from the City, she began spending more and more time with Comte Renaud. Surprisingly to the both of them, love blossomed.

But war was about to break out in Camlach, threatening the new couple's chance at happiness. That is perhaps the major factor why the two decided to become betrothed, and why Briar, fearing for Eugene and his family's line, went to the Temple of Eisheth to pray for a child. She became pregnant soon after and the couple planned to marry before he was sent off to war. Her father, Baron Aleron D'Rosiers, did NOT approve. He did not like Eugene for his daughter's chosen one. But, he accepted since she was already with child. However, due to the couple's explosive relationship, that wedding was postponed for many months and was eventually performed while Briar was recovering from the scare of a possible miscarriage, drugged and in a bed at an Inn, Eugene drunk. However, despite the threat of war and despite themselves, their future seemed bright.

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." ~James A. Baldwin

Despite the few bumps in the beginning, the next few months were stable and even happy for Briar, even if she and her new husband squabbled like cats and dogs sometimes. When they were alone, they were very tender and loving to one another. Then the news came. The fighting had broken out in Camlach. Eugene was ordered to go immediately. Briar threatened to follow, but was forbidden, due to her pregnancy, which was quite far along by now. Instead, she had to accept the next few months of being alone without her husband. Unfortunately, this was this was the beginning of the end, though neither knew it at the time.

Now that her husband was gone off to war, Briar found herself quite alone at Court. Her best friend, Collette L'Envers, had departed to Namarre many months before and though she did enjoy many people's company, there were none she truly counted as friends. As her pregnancy progressed, she found herself looking more and more within herself. This was a time of much confusion for Briar, as she came face to face with many truths about herself that she had previously ignored. In a way, she was growing up, becoming a woman, where before, she was still just a girl. She did not socialize quite as much as she did before, yet in the final months of her pregnancy, something perhaps changed, for suddenly, she began making social appearances much more often, even attending parties.

But Briar was Briar and try as she might to be a good wife and Comtesse, she could only be herself. Rumours started flying soon about her and her lovers. She flitted from party to another, always cheerful, always vibrant. The only time she faltered was in the Fall and Winter 1185, when she received news that Eugene had been listed as missing in action. However, he returned, on the eve of the Court's departure from Kusheth, wounded but alive. Twas then that Briar made the most fateful decision of their relationship. She decided to follow through with her plans to journey along with the Court on progress. She received Eugene's blessing and left, leaving their infant daughter with him for the time being.

Almost immediately, she started causing more rumours as the Court traveled Kusheth, what with rocking carriages and such. However, once there, she kept mostly to herself. The only ripple she caused was when she was abducted one afternoon from the beach from some foreign man. She was quickly rescued, however, and all was well. Until the Comte showed up unexpectedly at the end of the progress. Apparently, the rumours had traveled back to Elua and he was none too happy about them. There were a couple of very notable rows between the two, the last one shrouded in secrecy. It was plain to tell, however, that it was the end for the Renauds.

"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy." ~Alfred North Whitehead

And as the year 1186 started, Briar was a widow and keeping to herself most of the time. As the year draws to an end, however, certain mysteries abound. Such as why she had not been as socially active as she once was and why she left Elua for Azzalle in the Autumn, without a word to anyone. But what is more of a mystery is why she came back over two months later, and so very quietly at that. Some speculate that the rumours of political unrest regarding the Crown has piqued her interest and that she has returned to play the game of the politics. But others say it may be because of something else...


Come to find out, for many months prior, Briar had been the mistress of the Duc of Azzalle and had returned because she was carrying his child. Perhaps she hoped to snare him in marriage and thus capture the title of Duchess, or perhaps she wanted nothing from him, who is to say? The only thing that can be said is that Briar adamantly professed her unborn child's paternity as Trevalion and Trevalion himself just as adamantly refuted it. Weeks of social warfare erupted between the two before tragedy struck. Not only over the paternity of the child, but also Briar's claims of being a Trevalion and wishing acknowledgment. Briar miscarried her child and rumours then abounded as to what the cause for it was. Whatever the truth, the Baronne took her leave from the Palace and settled into a life of visiting the Temples and staying in seclusion in Elua Square that lasted for some weeks. For a time, there was talk of her marrying the Marquis de Mereliot, who might one day become Duc of Eisande. There was also her affair with the Comte de Molay of siovale, in which she almost become his consort. However, surprisingly, she refused his offer and then mysteriously left the city of Elua, bound for Azzalle.

For a long time, no one heard a word from her. Then, in the Autumn of 1187, a visitor arrived at Chateau D'Rosiers in Azzalle. A one Adrien de Trevalion. Apparently, he came to investigate on behalf of the Trevalion family just whether or not Briar's claims to Trevalion ancestry were true. Not only that, but he brought news. It seemed that Hermes de Trevalion, the Duc and her former lover, had died of a mysterious illness and his brother, the next in line and Cassiline, Yves, had had as well. (Briar, at first still rather bitter, was known to ask the man whether he checked this time to make sure Hermes was really deceased, in which she was told that, yes, this time, Hermes de Trevalion had indeed perished and his body was accounted for.) This man, Adrien de Trevalion, a cousin of the aforementioned Duc, had been the next in line and declared Duc. After swearing his fealty to the King, he had traveled back to Azzalle to meet with Briar.

It seemed all was not lost, afterall. A plan formed in Briar's mind and that plan focused solely on seducing the new Duc and capturing his affection. Except this time, she planned to take her friend Anne Shahrizai's example and played hard to get. For weeks, she refused the Duc's advances, playing the pious and calm-natured woman. No doubt this role she played was extremely difficult for her to maintain, but prevail she did, though her plan of playing hard to get suddenly changed. Abruptly, after only a few weeks of the scheme, she seemed to give in, accepting the Duc's very first proposal with no hesitation. What is even more interesting is that the couple were married quite quickly. That Octobre, Briar D'Rosiers, Baronne of Azzalle, she was married to Adrien and proclaimed Duchess of Azzalle, a title many believed she had coveted and plotted to attain for a very long time. And only a few days after, was proclaimed a legitimate descendant of Hermes Roland de Trevalion. Only a few more weeks passed before she began to show that she was with child.

The marriage between the two seemed amicable, but it was the politics inside the Trevalion family that really brought conflict. They were divided. Most of them despised this half-barbarian woman wearing the title and being made legitimate to boot. They called her the 'Whore of Azzalle' instead of the 'Rose'. It all came to a head, though, in the Spring of 1188 when Adrien suddenly took ill with the mysterious illness. Just like his predecessor and his brother, the new Duc succumbed, and Briar, heavy with child by now, was suddenly once more a widow.

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."~ Margaret Thatcher

As the years passed, Briar took on any job that needed to be done. From the lowest scrubbing of the floor in the castle alongside the servants, to the trade agreements with Alba and Eire. She proved her competence and showed her Azzallese pride, and worked to make the province more prosperous and profitable for Terre D'Ange. She was, afterall, a scion of Azza and now a Trevalion both by marriage and recognised by blood. An accomplished horsewoman, she made sure that an expansive stable was built and maintained on the property of her new home, the ancient seat of Trevalion. She returned to Elua once in order to proclaim her fealty to King Bastien de Morhban, but also to petition him to elevate her youngest, still an infant, to the Marquise of D'Rosiers, rather than merely Baronne. Besides that one visit, she has not returned to Elua at all in ten years. The only time she did travel, was to visit Camlach, where she holds her eldest daughter Athene's holdings until the child becomes of age. There, she also spent time with the Caradec's, Rafe and Alaina, who are her close friends, and their children. (Briar was the couple's matchmaker years before.)

However, after several years, that mysterious illness that had started so slowly, taking the lives of two Ducs and countless others, began to worsen and spread. More and people began to perish, not only in Azzalle, but throughout Terre D'Ange. No cause to be found, though the more zealous began to claim that the Companions had abandoned the D'Angelines and started to blame the Nobility for the epidemic, citing their selfishness and decadence, as the reasons. What started as a few minor voices became a loud cry throughout the land and the people were demanding more rights from the Nobility of the Kingdom. With the threat of power being taken away from the Ducs and Duchesses and their hereditary right to rule over their provinces in favour of a Parliament and the voting of the people, Briar's long-coveted position, and that of Rosamunde's, is in jeopardy. Not only that, but suddenly it has been proclaimed that there is, in fact, a Courcel heir alive, who should be ruling instead of the de Morhbans. With the explosive political atmosphere, as well as the worry of the plague which still ravages the land, it is no great surprise that Briar has decided to return finally to Elua. She brings with her her two children: Lady Athene Solaine Renaud, the Comtesse Renaud of Camlach. Thirteen years old, spiteful, petulant, and possessing a foul mouth, she brings her mother no end of problems. And Rosamunde Margot Rosiers de Trevalion, the apple of her maman's eye and her miniature, but for the child's startling sapphire eyes. Briar's plans, at this point is to fight Parliament's push for heridtiary rights of the Nobility to be revoked, thus protecting her and her children's positions and futures. Also, she plans to support the de Morbhan Throne, for they have been good to her throughout the years and had earned her loyalty early on. One small goal she has, though a longshot, is to try and wrangle a betrothal somehow, someway, of Athene to the young Prince.

"I was thinking about how disjointedly time seemed to flow, passing in a blur at times, with single images standing out more clearly than others. And then, at other times, every second was significant, etched in my mind." ~Stephanie Meyer

Note: Some of the characters listed are NPCs and marked as 'open'. That means that they are open for the possibility of becoming PCs. If interested, please contact Briar's player.

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." ~Geaorge Bernard Shaw

Eugene Renaud (First Husband) - (Deceased) Comte Eugene Renaud was Briar's husband. When they first met,they practically despised one another, even though they became lovers. However, fate intervened and the pair fell deeply and passionately in love. They showed their love for one another strangely, though, frequently arguing or insulting one another, or doing things out of spite to hurt the other. When they were alone, however, they could be very tender towards one another. Eugene is the father of her daughter, Athene. But something changed between them upon his return from Camlach. Their relationship became very unstable and there were whispers that it wasn't what it seemed. On the Longest Night, 1185, the Comte took his own life, slitting his wrists and leaving Briar a widow and his daughter fatherless. "When Doves Cry" by Damien Rice

"True friends stab you in the front." ~Oscar Wilde

"Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate." ~Thomas Jones

"A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship." ~Henry St. John, First Viscount Bolingbroke

Antilochus (Former Lover) -(NPC; Deceased) Antilochus Machemonon Aiakides. A Hellenic nobleman who came to Terre D'Ange in search of a cause to fight for. Briar was swept off her feet at once by his flawless looks and violent temper. He became her first lover, initiating her into the acts of carnal pleasure. He is arrogant and powerful. He was her first love and she refers to him as "My Warrior". Even all these years later, she can still get a little misty-eyed when she thinks of him, but never for long.

Known as 'The Rose of Azzalle' for her beauty and sharp temper.

Also has a love for horses and of riding. Her own mare is quite a remarkable creature, descended from Eiran stock. Pure white with bright green eyes. The horse's name is 'Rosebud'.

Her maiden name 'D'Rosiers' means 'Of the Rose Bushes'.

The D'Rosiers family seal is the Scarlet Rose. The Renaud family seal is the Blue Rose. When Briar and Eugene wed, they incorporated both to the seal they use today to denote their branch of the Renaud family. Upon becoming the Baronne D'Rosiers, however, she reverted back to using her own family seal. However, now that she is Duchess, she uses the Trevalion family seal of the Navigation Star as her seal for official correspondence, though for more personal letters, she still uses the scarlet rose.

For letters, Briar frequently uses a pale pink stationary and scents it with rose perfume.

She prefers rum as her drink of choice. Straight from the bottle. However, for more genteel occasions, she prefers fine Azzallese red wine and will drink such from a glass. If she must.

Though she loves the rain, she has a fear of thunder.

Upon the death of her husband, she became simply Baronne D'Rosiers, the title of Comtesse being passed on to their daughter. However, until Athene is of age, she is her daughter's regent. After she became Duchess of Azzalle, her youngest daughter, Rosamunde, inherited her mother's former title, though was elevated to Marquesse after Briar petitioned the King.

Briar is secretly attracted to the Blessing Priest at Azza's Temple and can sometimes be found there talking to him.

Briar is known to gift her personal favour, a scarlet ribbon, to those she is especially fond of.

She is descended from the Dalriada, the Clan of the White Mare, through her mother's blood.

Dress	Name	Dress	Name	Dress	Name
	Red Everyday Dress		Renaud Roses Dress		Briar Rose Dress
	Blue Everyday Dress		D'Rosiers Dress		Floral Dreams Gown
	Whispy White		Pink Rose Gown		Kusheth Dress
	Lace Dress		Mourning Dress		Red Taffeta Bustle Dress
	Riding Habit		Rose Garden Party Dress		Rustic Country Dress
	Scarlet Court Dress		Rum Pink Dress		Red Velvet Cloak

Briar's Wikispace
Briar's Wardrobe
Briar's Jewelry Box
Briar's Journal
D'Rosiers-Renaud family Tree
Alicia Witt Picture Gallery

Family Holdings:

House Trevalion
The Family Seat of Rosiers
The Renaud City Residences
Camlach and Castle Renaud
The Azzalle Estate
Pays de Caux on Wikipedia (The area in Azzalle where Briar grew up. Real region in France.)
Veules-les-Roses Official Website (The actual Norman Village that Rosiers represents)

"Beware, beware the briar rose.
O, the sharp thorns, the glances that dart!
The rose unfurled in all her glory
could break in two the hardest heart.

A look can bring the cynic soldier
all obedient, to his knees;
One glance, and I would fall as well,
her willing slave, and live to please."

O mistress mine, cast down your eye
upon the darkened way
where night falls, let the rose shine forth--
her beauty limn the day."

~Special thanks to Kyrielle's Former Player, for the above. <3

Instrumental Songs:

Toto and Alfredo by Ennio Morricone
Christina By Alasdair Fraser
Sad Violin (Briar's Emo Theme :p)

Vocal Songs:

Untouchable by Garbage

This is nothing new to me
It takes more than what you've got
To frighten me
I'm not scared of you
There's nothing you can do
Or take from me

Untouchable
You think you're untouchable
You know
No one's untouchable

You're bound to lose the game
There's no one else to blame
You play so safe
And you're not risking enough
You are doomed to be undone
I swear I'll be the one
To bring you down

It's all your fault
Cause you got caught

Untouchable
You think you're untouchable
You know
No one's untouchable

It must be nice
To be so sure
And never feel insecure
It must feel good to believe
You're always right
And you're never wrong

You've got something to say
You say it to my face
And be a man about it
You got a problem with me
Don't go behind my back
Just like a baby

Untouchable (pride comes before)
You think you're untouchable (you take a fall)
You know (you best beware)
No one's untouchable (a woman scorned)
Untouchable (pride comes before)
You think you're untouchable (you take a fall)
You know (you best beware)
No one's untouchable (a woman scorned)
No one's untouchable
You think you're untouchable
You know, no one's untouchable
No one's untouchable
No one's untouchable
No one's untouchable
No one's untouchable

Bitch by Merideth Brooks

I hate the world today
Your so good to me, I know
But I cant change
Tried to tell you but you looked at me like maybe I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet

Yesterday I cried
You must have been relieved to see the softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one

I'm a bitch
I'm a lover
I'm a child
I'm a mother
I'm a sinner
I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell
I'm you dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean you'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

I'm a bitch
I'm a lover
I'm a child
I'm a mother
I'm a sinner
I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell
I'm you dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

Just when you think you got me figured out
The seasons already changin'
I think its cool you do whatcha' do
And don't try to save me

I'm a bitch
I'm a lover
I'm a child
I'm a mother
I'm a sinner
I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell
I'm you dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

I'm a bitch
I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you're hurt
When you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb
I'm revived
Cant say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way

Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage

I'm only happy when it rains
Im only happy when its complicated
And though I know you cant appreciate it
I'm only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
Why it feels so good to feel so sad
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

I'm only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
I'm only happy when it rains

I only smile in the dark
My only comfort is the night gone black
I didn't accidentally tell you that
I'm only happy when it rains
You'll get the message by the time I'm through
When I complain about me and you
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour
You can keep me company
As long as you don't care

I'm only happy when it rains
You want to hear about my new obsession
I'm riding high upon a deep depression
I'm only happy when it rains...

Tell Me Where It Hurts By Garbage

What is my day going to look like?
What will my tomorrow bring me?
If I had x-ray eyes, I could see inside
I wouldn’t have to predict the future

I wish that you would do with some talking
How else am I to know what you’re thinking?
If only people would say what it really was
What it really was
What it really was that they wanted

Tell me where it hurts
to hell with everybody else
All I care about is you and that's the truth
They don't like me; I can tell
But you do, so they can go to hell

Did they ever give you a reason
To believe in something different
If you’re looking for love, for what it's worth
I have plenty of it lying around here somewhere

If you are looking for disappointment
You can find it around any corner
In the middle of the night I hold on to you tight
So both of us can feel protected

Tell me where it hurts,
to hell with everybody else.
All I care about is you and that's the truth
they don't like me; yeah I can tell
but you do, so they can go to hell

I’ve been loved but I didn’t know how to feel it
And I’ve been adored but I don’t know if I ever believed it
I’ve been loved my whole life but I didn’t know how to take it
Until...

So tell me where it hurts
to hell with everybody else
All I care about is you and that's the truth
they don't like me, yeah I can tell
But you do, so they can go to hell
But you do, so they can go to hell

Tell me where it hurts...

Strong Enough By Sheryl Crow

God, I feel like hell tonight.
Tears of rage I cannot lie.
I'd be the last to help you understand.
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Nothing's true and nothing's right.
So let me be alone tonight.
Cause you can't change the way I am.
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me.
I promise I'll believe.
Lie to me.
But please don't leave.

I have a face I cannot show.
I make the rules up as I go.
Just try and love me if you can.
Are you strong enough to be my man?

When I've shown you that I just don't care.
When I'm throwing punches in the air.
When I'm broken down and I can't stand.
Would you be man enough to be my man?

Lie to me.
I promise I'll believe.
Lie to me.
But please don't leave.

More By Madonna

Once upon a time I had plenty of nothing,
Which was fine with me.
Because I had rhythm, music, love,
The sun, the stars and the moon above,
Had the clear blue sky and the deep blue sea.
That was when the best things in life were free.

Then time went by and now I got plenty of plenty,
Which is fine with me.
'Cause I still got love, I still got rhythm,
But look at what I got to go with 'em.
"Who could ask for anything more?", I hear you query.
Who would ask for anything more?
Well, let me tell you, dearie.

Got my diamonds, got my yacht, got a guy I adore.
I'm so happy with what I got, I want more!

Count your blessings, one, two, three
I just hate keeping score.
Any number is fine with me As long as it's more
As long as it's more!

I'm no mathematician, all I know is addition.
I find counting a bore.
Keep the number mounting, your
accountant does the counting.
(More! More!)

I got rhythm, music too, just as much as before.
Got my guy and my sky of blue.
Now, however, I own the view.
More is better than nothing, true.
But nothing's better than more, more, more..
Nothing's better than more.

One is fun, why not two?
And if you like two, you might as well have four,
And if you like four, why not a few
Why not a slew
(More! More!)

If you've got a little, why not a lot?
Add and bit and it'll get to be an oodle.
Every jot and tittle adds to the pot.
Soon you've got the kit as well as the caboodle.
(More! More!)

Never say when, never stop at plenty,
If it's gonna rain, let it pour.
Happy with ten, happier with twenty.
If you like a penny, wouldn't
you like many much more?

Or does that sound too greedy?
That's not greed, no, indeedy
That's just stocking the store.
Gotta fill your cupboard, remember Mother Hubbard.
(More! More!)

Each possession you possess,
Helps your spirits to soar.
That's what's soothing about excess!
Never settle for something less.
Something's better than nothing, yes!
But nothing's better than more, more more...
(Except all, all, all...)

Except all, all, all...
Except once you have it all... (have it all)
You may find all else above...(else above)
That though things are bliss,
There's one thing you miss, and that's....

More!
More!
More! More! More! More!
More! More! More!

Rain by Madonna

I feel it, it's coming...

Rain, feel it on my finger tips
Hear it on my window pane.
Your love's coming down like
Rain, wash away my sorrow
Take away my pain
Your love's coming down like rain.

When your lips are burning mine,
And you take the time to tell me how you feel.
When you listen to my words,
And I know you've heard, I know it's real.
Rain is what this thunder brings.
For the first time I can hear my heart sing.
Call me a fool but I know I'm not.
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top
Till I feel your...

Rain, feel it on my finger tips
Hear it on my window pane.
Your love's coming down like
Rain, wash away my sorrow
Take away my pain
Your love's coming down like rain.

When you looked into my eyes
And you said goodbye could you see my tears?
When I turned the other way,
Did you hear me say,
I'd wait for all the dark clouds bursting in a perfect sky.
You promised me when you said goodbye,
That you'd return when the storm was done,
And now I'll wait for the light, I'll wait for the sun.
Till I feel your...

Rain, feel it on my finger tips
Hear it on my window pane.
Your love's coming down like
Rain, wash away my sorrow
Take away my pain
Your love's coming down like rain.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun.
And I say, never go away.

Waiting is the hardest thing.
(It's strange I feel like I've known you before.)
I tell myself that if I believe in you,
(And I want to understand you.)
In the dream of you...
(More and more)
With all my heart and all my soul...
(When I'm with you)
That by sheer force of will,
(I feel like a magical child)
I will raise you from the ground,
(Everything strange)
And without a sound you'll appear
(Everything wild)
And surrender to me, to love

Rain is what the thunder brings.
For the first time I can hear my heart sing.
Call me a fool but I know I'm not.
I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top.
Till I feel your...

Rain, I feel it, it's coming.
Your love's coming down like...

Rain, I feel it, it's coming.
Your love's coming down like...

Rain.