I've stopped to walk, just forgot where I'm going,
I only want to talk to you, just once again,
At the end of the road, I've only found my shadow,
So after all I say myself a hello,
I shake my lonely hand, beneath the cloudy night sky,
Silence is my friend, no more stories to be told,
The home once I had, will slip away tomorrow,
My footsteps in the sand I could never follow,

And over the misty mountain, so far away,
All the questions will be gone when I find a way,
I'm still alive, cover myself with sorrow,
And all through my life, I'm married with the pain,
So I dive in my wine, to fill my deepest hollow,
But after the rain, sunshine will never be the same

"After the rain, sunshine will never be the same".
I can't think of a more perfect way to express the feeling of continuing life after losing someone you love and have spent so much of your life with. After the Rain may be one of the most emotional and heartfelt songs I've ever heard, and wholly appropriate as a tribute to the wonderful man, Bernie Bellamy (Babicsek Bernat). Paddy and the Rats is one of my favorite Celtic Punk bands of all time, and while I love every single member of this amazing band, Bernie was always a shining star. He was so full of energy and life, always gave 110% and always had an absolute blast doing it (just listen to 'Join the Riot and you can see what I mean as he kills the role of troublemaker crewmate and has an absolute blast going ham on his accordian with his crew). He was always so fun to watch and his accordian work was an absolute delight. He left this world earlier this year and it's hard to think the man is gone, especially at the young age of 41... Hell, in the larger view of human life, he was still a baby, and still had so much to experience...
Paddy is and always will be a band that I cherish and look to for some fun, rambunctious pirate-y fun, but there will always be a hole in my heart when I listen to them knowing Bernie isn't there with them anymore. RIP, you crazy, amazing accordianist. You will be deeply and sorrowfully missed. May your ultimate voyage on the seas of the great beyond bring you to brighter, happier shores.