Cloudbusting

Like Bush's first hit "Wuthering Heights," this is based on a book. It was inspired by Peter Reich's 1973 Book of Dreams, which describes his father Wilhelm's arrest for contempt of court. Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychiatrist who was trained in Vienna by Sigmund Freud. His work combined Marxism and psychoanalysis to advocate sexual freedom. In the 1930s, Reich came up with the concept of "orgone," a physical energy contained in the atmosphere and in all living matter. The "Cloudbuster" was a device he came up with to manipulate the orgone energy in the atmosphere, which would force clouds to form and bring rain. Hawkwind and Patti Smith have both released songs about Reich's concept of Cloudbusting. Donald Sutherland appears in the video as the inventor/father. It was later featured in the third season of the TV series adaptation of "The Handmaid's Tale", during the final scene of the episode "Liars".

[Verse 1] I still dream of Orgonon I wake up crying You're making rain And you're just in reach When you and sleep escape me [Pre-Chorus 1] You're like my yo-yo That glowed in the dark What made it special Made it dangerous So I bury it And forget [Chorus 1] But every time it rains You're here in my head Like the sun coming out Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen I don't know when But just saying it could even make it happen [Verse 2] On top of the world, looking over the edge You could see them coming You looked too small In their big black car To be a threat to the men in power [Pre-Chorus 2] I hid my yo-yo In the garden I can't hide you From the government Oh, God, Daddy I won't forget [Chorus 2] 'Cause every time it rains You're here in my head Like the sun coming out Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen I don't know when But just saying it could even make it happen [Interlude] [Chorus 3] And every time it rains You're here in my head Like the sun coming out Look, your son's coming out Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen I don't know when But just saying it could even make it happen, oh Ooh, just saying it could even make it happen [Bridge] Yeah, yeah, yay-yo "We're cloudbusting, daddy" Yeah, yeah, yay-yo Yeah, yeah, yay, yo Yeah, yeah, yay-yo Yeah, yeah, yay, yo [Outro] The sun's coming out Yeah, yeah, yay-yo Your son's coming out Yeah, yeah, yay-yo