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Falling Like Thunder
(Words and music by Ray Cooper)
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Falling Like Thunder
(Words & Music: Ray Cooper)
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
We were taught that we finally broke free
Shook off the chains of history
We climbed out of the mess that was World War II
And made the world brave and new
Justice for all and homes for heroes
Lets start again from a new year zero
They said we learned from our mistakes
We built the UN and the welfare state
But as Castro said the revolution never ends
We never thought about it then
But democracy and the things we hold dear
Can never be won outright
You have to carry on the fight
Cos if the reins go slack
Things have a way of sliding back
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
So yes, let's keep the taxes low
Then complain about the hospitals the police and the roads
But what you get is what you pay for
That is what taxes are made for
And every few years we a chance to chose
Another chance to make it all new
But when the smoke clears it's the same old scene
We've been asleep too long to remember our dreams
What the Gods love, is chaos
What the speculators love
Is a crash
One jump ahead with an eye to the main chance
A stash of bitcoins and a house in France
Never mind the pound is tumbling
Never mind the nation's crumbling
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow
The jungle is never far away
It can never be defeated just held at bay
What the Gods love is chaos
What the bankers love is a war
First destruction then reconstruction
Contracts loans and more production
Destroy a nation’s air defences then sell them new ones
We take oil credits
Armies and arming the cost is alarming
Arm for peace arm for a warning
But like a box of fireworks forever unlit
What is the point you might as well use it
It's like a football team that never plays a match
Needs a game sometimes to keep it up to scratch
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow
What the Gods love is chaos
What the Gods love is chaos
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Falling Like Thunder
(Words & Music: Ray Cooper)
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
We were taught that we finally broke free
Shook off the chains of history
We climbed out of the mess that was World War II
And made the world brave and new
Justice for all and homes for heroes
Lets start again from a new year zero
They said we learned from our mistakes
We built the UN and the welfare state
But as Castro said the revolution never ends
We never thought about it then
But democracy and the things we hold dear
Can never be won outright
You have to carry on the fight
Cos if the reins go slack
Things have a way of sliding back
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
So yes, let's keep the taxes low
Then complain about the hospitals the police and the roads
But what you get is what you pay for
That is what taxes are made for
And every few years we a chance to chose
Another chance to make it all new
But when the smoke clears it's the same old scene
We've been asleep too long to remember our dreams
What the Gods love, is chaos
What the speculators love
Is a crash
One jump ahead with an eye to the main chance
A stash of bitcoins and a house in France
Never mind the pound is tumbling
Never mind the nation's crumbling
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow
The jungle is never far away
It can never be defeated just held at bay
What the Gods love is chaos
What the bankers love is a war
First destruction then reconstruction
Contracts loans and more production
Destroy a nation’s air defences then sell them new ones
We take oil credits
Armies and arming the cost is alarming
Arm for peace arm for a warning
But like a box of fireworks forever unlit
What is the point you might as well use it
It's like a football team that never plays a match
Needs a game sometimes to keep it up to scratch
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like raindrops Falling like thunder
And the fruit of our dreams is falling
Falling like soldiers Falling like snow
What the Gods love is chaos
What the Gods love is chaos
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FALLING LIKE THUNDER is the new single release from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ray Cooper. It is taken from his fifth, as yet untitled, album to be released in April 2024.
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Ray says about this song: "I was brought up on delusions; delusions of progress; delusions of history; delusions of western superiority; thinly disguised racism. The ideas in this song could have been made into several songs but I had to let it all out, standing on a box in the market square shouting like a madman".
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April 2024 will see the release of Ray Cooper's new album which has been two years in the making. All the songs dig for emotional depth and reflect his world view, whether it is nostalgia, anger, or sheer romanticism. The folk influences are still there but mixed up with many other styles, including touches of americana and even rap. The album features three duets with different singers and although Ray again plays most of the instruments himself, the album also includes some guest artists; on drums, piano, violin, Swedish nyckelharpa and a brass section. The album was recorded in Sweden, with additional overdubs in Berlin, Hamburg and Brighton.
On tour 2024:
May 14 - 27 Germany // September 6 - 19 Germany // October 11 - 28 UK
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released December 5, 2023
Festival mix
Ray Cooper - vocals, cellos, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
Recorded at The Love Shack, Malmköping, Sweden
Sunniva Bondesson backing vocals recorded at the Berlin Wall Of Sound, Berlin, Germany
Al Scott, mixing and mastering at The Dream Room Brighton, England
Folkpunk mix arranged, recorded and mixed by Henning Nugel at Nugel Bros. Studio, Schwielowsee, Germany
With additional instruments by Henning Nugel - fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, Irish bouzouki,programming
Mastered by Al Scott at The Dream Room Brighton, England
Radio edit by Henning Nugel
Produced by Ray Cooper
Cover image by Marry Waterson (taken from the video)
Artwork by Neomania Design
www.RayCooper.org
(c) 2023 Westpark Music, Cologne