[Sting]: We had a big drought in England. But um...A lot of rivers were drying up in England, believe it or not. That green and pleasant land was suffering from a lack of rain, so I started to write this song, "Heavy Cloud No Rain. I think originally it was called "Heavy Guitar No Brain," but we uh, (laughs) we developed this thing. I just like this idea of Louis XVI having an astrologer who would tell him that his, his (laughs again), his execution could be postponed if it rained, y'know? Cause they would...y'know? So he looks up in the sky and says, "Well its heavy cloud, but no rain." It's kind of funny.
[Sting]: We had a big drought in England. But um...A lot of rivers were drying up in England, believe it or not. That green and pleasant land was suffering from a lack of rain, so I started to write this song, "Heavy Cloud No Rain. I think originally it was called "Heavy Guitar No Brain," but we uh, (laughs) we developed this thing. I just like this idea of Louis XVI having an astrologer who would tell him that his, his (laughs again), his execution could be postponed if it rained, y'know? Cause they would...y'know? So he looks up in the sky and says, "Well its heavy cloud, but no rain." It's kind of funny.