Porter Bagley's song uses storm and flood imagery to trace a turbulent relationship. The narrator breaks promises, feels trapped in emotional chaos, and cycles through longing and resignation before a final goodbye. Repeated lines emphasize how the conflict keeps returning.
I can make you a promise and break it.
We know the way this goes by now.
But enough just to see if I'll chase you. I pretend I know how to replace you. Still, we can't take the love storm out. You're in thunder. And I wonder how long can I go on? I'm caught in the storm, caught in the rain.
I'm left by the tides, just faint. I'm ready to drown, it's coming down. But I feel so alive. Just let it go, just walk if you lost number 1, you never would have let them escape.
Caught in the storm.
Ooh.
As the fires on the Bowery are closing, you arrive at the door standing frozen. You say goodnight, goodbye.
I—
tell me how I begin to forget you when you come back and admit you love me until you kiss me.
I'm tired of the storm, tired of the rain, tired of the thirst, the night, the pain. I'm ready to drown. It's called a stab, but I You lost someone you never fell in love with.
Caught in the storm and you washed away. You can find me after the flood and you washed away.
Caught in the storm.
