the drops of rain beat against her skin , growing harder with every step she took . i was placed number 1 in my grade 2 and 3 classes in primary school . i thought- '' i shake my head , not wanting him to apologize . then i remembered that lucas had tried to tell me once about his mother and how controlling she could be . even though i had never experienced the things written about in the song , the lyrics had always struck me as so raw , so real . 