The Importance of It's Raining Somewhere Else

Hey folks, thanks so much for the positive reception! This already got way more attention than I was expecting for a very niche topic in an already niche section. I would like to quickly address the Goner Kid parasol dialogue that a couple of people have mentioned in the comments. Before this video I actually didn’t know it even existed, otherwise I most likely would have included it as it’s definitely another connection between this song and Gaster/Sans/Deltarune. That’s about the limit of it though, but still important. Thanks for pointing it out to me!

the title of “its raining somewhere else” is really intriguing in particular

I'm so glad someone finally talked about the song, it always seemed so interesting to me especially the title mentioning the "somewhere else". I really hope deltarune gives us answers. Besides that, this is the song I never got sick of listening to no matter how much I heard it and it's definitely my favorite from the ost.

If "It's Raining Somewhere Else" represents home sickness, then I wonder if it has any connections with "You Can Always Come Home"

I gotta say, the case for "Sans is from Deltarune" sounds pretty damn obvious when you lay out all the evidence like that (even though that wasn't the point of the video lol). I knew of the line where he replies "i know the feeling" after positing that Frisk must be homesick, but somehow had always interpreted it as a reference to Flowey's resets. As in "I wish things could go back to the way they were before". Of course, that was an interpretation that crystallized for me years before Deltarune was even a thing, and there was no better explanation at the time besides "Sans is Ness", but I think because of that I'd been subconsciously ignoring its new relevance until now. Besides that, I don't have much to add. Sans' vibes remain immaculate as always, and so do the vibes of his music.

Eight years and I never noticed sans and It's Raining Somewhere Else were the same melody My mind has been blown.

I really hope we get a song in Deltarune that's just called "It's Raining"

I remember someone commented in another video that the title "It's raining somewhere else" could be referring the genocide route or rather other timelines. If you look at it symbolically, rain often represents sadness and even loneliness. The phase it's raining somewhere else is suggesting that in another time in another place, somone is suffering. In genocide, sans mentions maybe in another time he could have been friends. So if he knows about that then he can know that theres a timeline where everyone dies in a pacifist or netural run. So he knows that even if it's peaceful now, a genocide timeline still exisit. In short, the title overall song imply that even if things are happy here, somewhere else somebody is sad, wheiter that be in a different timeline or just in general. The best day of your life could also be someone's worst, you winning first place means somone lost to last, etc and vice versa. Just because it's sunny right now doesn't mean it's not raining somewhere else

I just realized something about Sans' character while watching this video... whenever he specifically wants to talk to you about something - any certain something - he takes you out for food and a bit of banter. He's a casual guy, even when it's time for serious talks, and takes you to have casual conversation over a casual invitation to dinner (except, of course, in the hall of judgement).

Great Video. I noticed you didn't mention Goner Kid's dialogue, which I at least personally feel is referencing this song without it being included in his scene. Besides the reference to the song's title I also feel it fits in line with the idea of being lost elsewhere with really scary and sad implications in Goner Kid's case, especially since where he is now outright refuses to allow him to exist. What makes it even more creepy and sad is giving him the message through giving him the umbrella makes him come to terms with his situation and pass on, either telling you not to think about him so he can pass on, or possibly so you don't have to carry the weight of knowing the truth of things here.

It reminds me of the rare interaction with the Gaster follower in the rain where they ask what if everything was the same but you don't exist.

i love this!!! “its raining somewhere else” really speaks to me — it’s a song i feel that i can comfortably cry to. you summed up the feelings it creates very beautifully. anyways, i just wanted to thank you for taking your time to make this. not a lot of people analyze video game songs when they can be just as meaningful as all other types of music! id love to see you discuss other undertale/deltarune/videogame songs!!! 🫶🏻

to me, the song has always had a lot of different meanings. the one i think of the most is.. well, this song plays only in neutral and pacifist. it's calm, maybe it's not always perfect, but it's ok, at least that's how sans sees it. even so, the looming threat of "the anomaly" dampens it. sans knows, even if this timeline is peaceful, it's raining somewhere else. in some other timeline, sans is watching all his friends die, watching the underground go empty, and doing nothing about it. it sounds sort of silly when i say it, but it's more of a feeling, it can't be explained. it's a feeling of respite, if you will. like the end of pacifist, before an inevitable reset. Respite. i feel like respite really is what this song conveys. a moment of calm between chaos or pain. rain could also be interpreted as sadness, or tears, as it often is. somewhere else could mean another place, person, or time. i dont know, im not good at interpreting this stuff. personally, and i mean REALLY personally, to me it means a version of that first explanation, though maybe not quite a toddler murdering everyone i love in another timeline. somewhere else, I'm stressed, in pain, apathetic, hurting, alone, somewhere else all my sins fall upon me and i feel like the scum of the earth, somewhere else i feel like i should just end it all, but not here, not now. right now, im listening to music, i dont have to worry or stress, i dont have to think about the past or the future, i can think of now, and watch the rain splatter against my window. cause, even though its raining here and now, i know i'm okay, cause in reality, well, it's raining somewhere else.

Despite my short lifespan of 17 years, Undertale is one thing I could say that gave me an unforgettable experience. It is raining somewhere else and the scene was one of those first serious interactions that created the whole ambience. And I think that unique ambience made the game such a special one.

I'm really happy you covered this song!! This is probably my favorite ambient type song in the game, besides "quiet water" or "waterfall". It's historically been a song I go to for comfort, so it's really cool to see someone else enjoying it as much as I have!

i haven't finished this video yet, but the song 'its raining somewhere else' has been my favourite song in Undertale/Deltarune in general. i really think that scene explains so much more of his character— it gives him more flesh, other then being 'that funny skeleton guy'. never been happier to see someone actually talking about it. thank you :) is there any other social medias i can find you on?

My favorite Undertale songs are and have always been for years "It is raining somewhere else" and "Waterfall"

when we talk about sans, the first thing that came to our minds is that comedian sans or the genocide route sans, but i always like to remember the real sans. the sans that is calm, that like to stay in his own world in his head and that sans who cares more about the other than his self. he's melancholic, he's sad and feel every single time that something is missing, his home is missing.

I feel like a lot of people overlook Sans as "that funny skeleton guy", but his character is so much deeper than that, I would argue more deep than most other characters.

I've always hought of the title's meaning as an inability to enjoy the present, in other words: even when the sun is shining, it's raining somwhere else. In the context of the game, Sans can't really enjoy a "good ending" because he knows that it could be ripped away from them at any moment (by YOU the player) and that most likely "it's raining" in another timeline/universe. I kinda feel like I focus(ed) so much on this interpretation because that was the part of Sans' character that I could relate to the most when I first played Undertale.