Discuss/Reflect
Does the weather have any influence on you? Does your mood change when seasons change?
Look at the title of the song. Why do you think the singer makes the decision ‘to take the rain’?
Listen to the song and find out.
 
Part 1: Listen to the first part of the song and select the words you hear.
The rain came down (Three times)

The rain came down on me

The wind blew

The  song

Fades to

I knew you  I loved you then

The summer's young and

 
Part 2: Listen to the second part of the song and select the words you hear.

You laid me , you marked me

The promises we

CHORUS

I used to thin, as birds   wing

They sing   life so why can't we?

You  to this, you  the best

If this is what you

I'll take the rain (3 times)

The nighttime

Summer   and stretches out to stay

The sun shines down

You came , you love   days

 
Part 3: Listen to the last part of the song and sing along.
But now the sun
The winter's come
I wanted just to say
That if I hold
I'd hope you'd fold
Open up inside, inside of me

CHORUS

This winter song
I'll sing along
I've searched its still refrain
I'll walk alone
I've given this, take wing
Celebrate the rain.

CHORUS
 
Match the words with the definitions. Type the numbers in the boxes.
1. Fade
2. Bare
3. Crease
4. Scheme
5. Refrain

   Become wrinkled
  Plan esp. secretly or deceitfully
  Lose colour, freshness, strength
  Unclothed or uncovered
  A recurring phrase or a number of lines, esp. at the end of stanzas
 
Discuss/Reflect
What has the singer had to get used to?
In your opinion, has the passing of time influenced him for better or worse?