The Rain is Falling

From the ELO album Time

The album tells the story of a man, circa 1981, who is taken away by time travelers to the late 21st Century. Once there, he marvels at the wonders that the future offers, but is also increasingly amazed to find that he longs for his own time (the past) and the woman he left behind because of his journey forward. Although he has been provided a robot woman, who obeys his every command without question, he quickly realizes that this is a poor substitute for his lost love: the robot companion can never love or be loved by him. His desire to return to the past grows stronger once he is told that he cannot be returned to his own time, and he attempts an escape using his captors' time transporter equipment. His premature escape is foiled by his captors, and he subsequently discovers that they had been keeping him in their future only to illustrate to him how it suffers from the choices that had been made during his time. The man is finally returned to his year of origin (1981), armed with the understanding necessary for him to make a positive impact on the future.

The Rain is Falling

Early in the morning,
The sun was up and the sky
was very blue,
Without a warning,
As I looked out,
my thoughts returned to you
A noise in the city
made the children run,
And hide themselves away,
And thunder boomed and lightning filled the sky.

Looking from this window,
A thousand rivers
running past my door
Standing on an island,
looking for someone
Upon the shore,
I can see it very clearly
nothing's really changed,
Then lightning strikes
across an empty sky,

Chorus

Ooh-the rain is falling,
Ooh-the rain is falling,
Ooh-the rain is falling,
Will it wash away the lonely tears,

With their brand new time transporter,
They'll think maybe I
fought to get away,
But with all their great inventions,
And all their good intentions
here I stay,
Down on the corner
where the sun had shone,
The people gathered 'round,
Then scattered as the raindrops
hit the ground,

Chorus

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• Rain
• Is
• Falling

[loveyoutodeathbut]

God, I forgot how much I love this song. It makes me want to work out, it motivates me =]

[trisoctehedron]

This is getting into Bob Dylan territory. He makes the images, backed by the gorgeous tunes, and you're free to give it YOUR meaning. I do love this kind of thing.

[loveyoutodeathbut]

ELO has some die hard fans but comparing them to Dylan is quite a compliment!

[trisoctehedron]

OMG, I LOVE THIS. I never listened to ELO in my life, because I got some kind of silly idea in my head about them being superficial.

You snuck them in on me, kind of, and I Iiked this song a lot. Good for you, and me!

[loveyoutodeathbut]

L, I must have missed this comment. I'm taking the day to watch all these videos and remembering why I uploaded them in the first place. I LOVE your reaction *holding hands and jumping up and down* People dismiss a lot of good things in their lives by underestimating it. ^ ^

[RODERICKMOLASAR]

And putting Robert Zimmerman up on such a high pedestal can give you hypoxia just thinking about him, tee-hee.

[loveyoutodeathbut]

This may sound odd, but when I read the words Robert Zimmerman I actually heard your accent and we've never spoken. Spooky~

[endrizo]

TIME album was years ahead of its time

an incredible album,it was from 1981 and still sounds so fresh.

Jeff is a genius.

nice to see so many fans here ,a hug for all

see ya and thank you for the video.

[wingvigor]

Nice song! Love the story too! Thanks!

[SoarerUZZ31]

Definitely one of my all time favourite albums. Thanks for the upload.

[60sgirl96]

The "positive impact" is this album!

[MrRabaka]

Tantas boas recordaçôes que traz ouvir ELO, particularmente esta.

Fazia se tâo boa musica. Obrigada ELO.



[MrRabaka]

Tantas boas recordaçôes que traz ouvir ELO, particularmente esta.

Fazia se tâo boa musica. Obrigada ELO.

[apaceswelletriq]

lol watch?v=R02tbrZSO3I

[Jakob1951]

The song has a hypnotic resonant refrain. You could listen to it until .... the rain stops falling!

[kyksek1]

muza ok

[acctim100]

TIME is a claasic 100% one of the first ever albums I bought as a teen & it's still stood the test of time

[DoctorGesundheitHour]

Wow, I never heard this ELO album before. I love them. Thank you!!!