Fire and Rain

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Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I woke up this morning and wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to

This is a song that I heard at a concert over the weekend, and I spend the next half hour of the concert weaving a Somalia story arc in my head. This song could be Tony’s song in Truth or Consequence. Between finding out that Ziva’s dead and how he just shuts down – I can almost see this song looping through his head.


I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you again

Tony’s been through a lot in his life – and he questions a lot of things. Friends, relationships, there are things that have always been beyond his grasp. But Ziva’s been his constant. Even when they fight – it’s never the end. They’re always going to see each other again. He’s sent afloat, and she’s the person he’s happiest to see. There’s never any question that beneath everything, they’re friends. And when he thinks she’s gone for good – he’s done for a while. He checks out, and nothing matters because he’s never going to see her again, and life without her, it’s a life.


Won't you look down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand
You just got to see me through another day
My body's aching, my time is at hand
I just can't make it any other way

This echoes back to the deal that Tony made with God. We don’t know what the deal is, but it was big – and I can’t help but thing somehow, Ziva being alive was a part of the deal.


I have an idea for this fanfic. Tony trying to drink away his pain, and in the process, getting a little lesson on true friendship. I don’t want to say more and spoil the story.