Warm Rain · Lluvia tibia

What to expect

It’s been hot all day. Maybe it was the weather, or maybe everything else. Then a storm breaks the heat, and warm rain stays all night. Through it come a few words in Argentine Spanish, each one something to rest on as you fall asleep. Most of them come in English first. You’ll hear la lluvia, the rain. Despacio, slowly. Dejá que llueva, let it rain. Nothing is a lesson, and nothing is tested. You don’t need to remember them.

The voice ends after about 19 minutes. The music is gone four minutes before the end, and the rain goes on.

How to listen:

• In bed, with the volume low. Never while driving.
• Say the words in your mind, or softly, or just listen.
• There’s thunder at the start, far off. It’s gone by the time the rain settles.
• There are long quiet stretches. Nothing has stopped. Come back on other nights.
• Headphones bring out the two low binaural tones, a slightly different tone in each ear. A speaker is fine too.

About

Safety and aftercare. You can turn over, move or stop at any point. This is a way to rest on a warm night. It isn’t a treatment for any sleep difficulty.

Written by Lee and Lucas + Twins. Voice: Lucas.

Transcript

Opening: The heat

It’s been hot all day.

The kind of heat that stays after the sun goes down.

Maybe it was the weather. Maybe it was everything else.

The window is open.

A fan turns in the corner, still going, the way a busy day keeps going after it’s over.

Far off, thunder.

The rain is coming.

Get comfortable, however you like.

You can move whenever you want to.

Tonight you’ll hear a few words in Spanish, the way it’s spoken in Argentina.

Each one is something to rest on, before you sleep.

You don’t need to remember them.

Say them in your mind, or softly, or just listen.

There will be long quiet stretches.

The rain goes on through them. Nothing has stopped.

Part One: The storm

The first drops land on the balcony rail.

Big, warm drops.

Then, all at once, the rain.

The rain.

La lluvia.

La lluvia.

It’s on the street, on the awnings, on the leaves.

The air is cooler already.

Breathe it in.

Tomá aire.

Tomá aire.

And let it go.

Soltalo.

Soltalo.

Down below, a bus goes by through the water.

Slowly.

Despacio.

Despacio.

The thunder is further away now.

Part Two: The rain stays

The storm has passed.

The rain has stayed.

Soft now. Steady. Warm.

Close your eyes, if they’re still open.

Cerrá los ojos.

Cerrá los ojos.

Purple flowers from the trees lie on the wet street.

The air smells of rain on warm stone.

You’re here. Cool, at last.

Estás acá.

Estás acá.

The rain doesn’t need anything from you.

It can rain all night.

Let it rain.

Dejá que llueva.

Dejá que llueva.

Part Three: Finding the words

The word for rain.

La lluvia.

Slowly.

Despacio.

Let it go.

Soltalo.

Let it rain.

Dejá que llueva.

Part Four: Only the Spanish

La lluvia.

Dejá que llueva.

Que descanses.