The song appears on the Target exclusive deluxe edition of This is Acting.
Summer rain comes late (the spring is supposed to bring the rain), so everyone is waiting for it’s highly desirable arrival. It is a great compliment to be compared to a summer rain, in which this song Sia is comparing her lover to an appeasing summer rain.
It is believed that this song was rejected by Christina Aguilera. An alleged track list for Aguilera’s eighth studio album was leaked early in 2015, and the fifth track was entitled “Summer Rain”, suggesting that she was planning on recording and releasing a song dedicated to her daughter with the same name. Sia is also listed as one of the producers on the record. Now that a song whose title is identical to Aguilera’s alleged track name has been realized and placed on Sia’s extended album, it is thought to have been planned for Aguilera initially, but declined shortly after.
Lyrics of Summer Rain
My summer rain
I prepared for the worst in a storm
It doesn't take long before I'm shaking
I watch the news end, wait for the forecast
I fill a tall glass, try to be patient
It's been a long time, I feel my temperature rise
You might be moving too fast, oh
Wait for the sirens, sit in the silence
I sit on my hands
I feel the breeze, feel the sea swelling and drowning me
I feel the night, feel the sunlight, I feel everything
I feel your love, and I'm done and I surrender now
I want my level, you've got to bring him, bring him down
I thought you were a game
Turns out you were the summer rain
You came
To wash away the love I made
I needed you in every way
My summer rain
My summer rain
My summer rain
My summer rain
I was mistaken, but I feel safe here
So now we're making some kind of rainbow
The storm has broken, two words are spoken
And I am soaking, and now you're love so
Love me for all time, and feel my temperature rise
Thought you were moving too fast, oh
But I was just scared to let you into my head
And let you see my past
I feel the breeze, feel the sea swelling and drowning me
I feel the night, feel the sunlight, I feel everything
I feel your love, and I'm done and I surrender now
I want my level, you've got to bring him, bring him down
I thought you were a game
Turns out you were the summer rain
You came
To wash away the love I made
I needed you in every way
My summer rain
When you live in fear
You miss everything
I was struggling
When you stop fighting
The war within
Everybody wins
I thought you were a game
Turns out you were the summer rain
You came
To wash away the love I made
I needed you in every way
My summer rain
My summer rain
My summer rain
My summer rain