Shelby Kemper – It Never Rains

Lagu berjudul It Never Rains justru dibuka dengan hujan, dua orang berlari ke mobil di bawah hujan Los Angeles menuju janji temu dengan teman-teman di Sunset Boulevard. Shelby Kemper menaruh hujan itu di baris pembuka single pertama atas namanya sendiri, lalu membiarkan kita kebasahan sepanjang lagu.

Tak ada kerumitan di sini. Hanya denting piano dan suaranya, berayun dalam ketukan tiga yang selow ala waltz, tanpa terburu-buru mengejar reff. Vokalnya tenang, sesekali menyisakan desah napas di ujung frasa, dan kita ikut dibuat diam.

Saya tidak bisa menjelaskan kenapa, tapi yang membuat kepala ikut mengangguk-angguk justru bait kedua. Orang-orang datang ke California membawa sekop, menggali mencari emas, lalu sadar emasnya sejak awal tertanam di tanah itu sendiri. “Now I know why, they call it a rush”, nyanyinya. Ada kecerdikan yang jarang mampir ke lagu cinta yang mengaku klasik.

Reff-nya yang bikin geregetan, bersandar pada petir yang menyambar dan jantung yang berdebar, gambar yang sudah dipinjam terlalu banyak lagu.

It Never Rains ditutup persis seperti ia dibuka, mobil, teman-teman, Sunset Boulevard, dan hujan. Los Angeles, kota yang katanya tak pernah kebagian hujan, dibuat basah dua kali oleh Shelby Kemper hanya dengan piano dan satu suara.

Lirik Lagu Shelby Kemper – It Never Rains

It Never Rains

It was raining
As we ran out to your car
We had a date with our friends
Down on Sunset Boulevard

Look at us now
Isn’t it sweet
I almost forgot what it's like to believe
That love can survive
On these city streets
And if it did it would never choose me

I always used to say
It never rains in LA
Then there was you
And lightning strikes
You made my heart beat
and you opened my eyes
I always used to say these walls would never fall away
And it never rains in LA

Came to California
With a shovel in their hand
You dig just to find that the gold
Was always in the Land
Now I know why
They call it a rush
I’m looking at you and I can't get enough
Our love came alive
In these city streets
And it just keeps pouring down on me

I always used to say
You won't find love in LA
But then there was you
Ooo ooo
You strike me
Like lightning
I always used to say
These walls would never fall
And it Never rains

It was raining
As we ran out to your car
We had a date with our friends
Down on Sunset Boulevard

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