Rain Barrel

[Intro: rain percussion, rolling fretless bass]

[Verse 1: gentle melodic groove]
When the rain was falling heavy
I put buckets underneath
Didn't need another river
Running past my own two feet

When the summer turned to dust
My neighbor's garden couldn't grow
So I carried what I'd gathered
Down the road

[Pre-Chorus: rising guitar harmony]
A little overflow today
Can keep another drought away

[Chorus: soaring layered vocals]
Let your heart become a rain barrel
Save a little when it pours
When the dry days find somebody
Bring the water to their door
If your cup is overflowing
There's a thousand things to do
You can turn a little extra
Into something someone needs

[Break: 138 BPM bass polyrhythm, tom fills]

[Verse 2: rhythmic baritone]
An extra coat, a bag of food
A ride when someone needs to move
I don't need to make a show
Of giving what I can let go

[Bridge: half-time, intimate]
Abundance has a purpose
Beyond collecting what we own

[Final Chorus: epic vocal harmonies]
Let the rain become a river
Running where the ground is dry
A kinder world is watered
By the things we choose to share

[Outro: rain fades into arpeggios]