RAY COOPER ' Falling Like Thunder'

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. --------------------------------------------------- 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". ---------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------- Im April 2024 erscheint das neue Album von Ray Cooper. Der vorab veröffentlichte Titel „Falling Like Thunder“ wurde speziell für die Single-Veröffentlichung bearbeitet, zum Teil neu instrumentiert und abgemischt. ---------------------------------------- Ray Cooper - vocals, cellos, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitarRecorded at The Love Shack, Malmköping, SwedenSunniva Bondesson backing vocals recorded at the Berlin Wall Of Sound, Berlin, GermanyProduced by Ray CooperMixed and mastered at The Dream Room Brighton, England, by Al ScottVideo design by Marry Waterson www.RayCooper.org (c) + (p) 2023 Westpark Music, Cologne FALLING LIKE THUNDER (words and music by 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 And the fruit of our dreams is falling Falling like soldiers falling like snow 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 loveIs 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 alling 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 ---------------------------------------------- All rights reserved Published by Westpark Music & Publishing, Cologne, Germany