THUNDER

* Slaps
* "INSIDE MY HOUSE"

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"**THUNDER**", also registered as "**Thunder**", is a released song by James Lares. It is the opening and first track that is featured on his debut extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*. It was first exclusively released around June 2023 through Slaps, and officially released on July 15th, 2023 through all streaming platforms

## Background

Around June of 2023, Lares exclusively shared the full song on Slaps, asking for opinions about the song, quoting:

## Theme

A day after the EP release, Lares explained the theme of this song on his Instagram.

The post is now deleted for unknown reasons.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

A star is growing, the past is molding

The strike of thunder, it made me wonder

Above the sky and below the surface

A star arises, a world full of surprises

**[Pre-chorus]**

Stars are falling inside my house

Don't know from where and I don't know how

Thoughts are crawling inside my house

A storm is coming in and now I can't get out

**[Chorus]**

Tell me does it get frustrating?

When your feelings are invading?

When you think your friends are fading?

When you feel yourself degrading?

Tell me does it get frustrating?

When your feelings are invading?

When you think your friends are fading?

When you feel yourself degrading?

**[Verse 2]**

Here we are again, we're put in this place

Storm when we're crossing paths, think of God, amen

Yeah, can't escape the room, my cries became the thunder

Storm's designed to conclude, it may cause a blunder, blunder

**[Refrain]**

Blunder, blunder

Blunder, blunder

Blunder, blunder

And they cause a blunder, blunder

Blunder, blunder

Blunder, blunder

And they cause a blunder, blunder

**[Pre-chorus]**

Stars are falling inside my house

Don't know from where and I don't know how

Thoughts are crawling inside my house

A storm is coming in and now I can't get out

**[Chorus]**

Tell me does it get frustrating?

When your feelings are invading?

When you think your friends are fading?

When you feel yourself degrading?

Tell me does it get frustrating?

When your feelings are invading?

When you think your friends are fading?

When you feel yourself degrading?

**[Verse 3]**

Water is arising and what happens is surprising

Number one in all my fears, and now my blood is rising

Can you come and hold my hand? I'm too scared to let go

I see my fears and frustrations coming in a boat

**[Verse 4]**

If you see my boat starts sinking, would you dare to go?

Is it worth all the risking? would you come or go?

If you seek for empathy take the risk of drowning

For a sip of ecstasy or a blast of lightning, lightning

**[Outro]**

Flowers are growing

Water is flowing

Past is gone, now six feet under

Now is calm after the thunder

### Cross-references

* Being six feet under, and a thunder was also rhymed, and referenced in "KEEP YOU CLOSE".
	+ "THUNDER" was also referenced back again on this song, with its line "*Leave behind all the bad just like thunder*".
* "Stars are falling inside my house" is a direct reference to its EP (extended play), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*.
	+ The EP title was most likely taken/inspired from this line.
		- "MONSTER" also mentions the setting of 'inside my house'.
* Flowers growing were also mentioned in "IN THE NUDE", "KEEP YOU CLOSE", and "Darida".
	+ Waters flowing were also mentioned in both of these songs.
	+ Flowers are also mentioned in "MONSTER", but is described as rotting instead.

## Gallery

James Lares - Thunder (Official Lyric Video)James Lares - THUNDER (Snippet)Promotional photo.Lares announcing the lyric video for **THUNDER**, as well as introducing a new era.
## Trivia

* Lares recorded, and mixed this song fully on his phone.
* The lyric video was edited by Lares himself, which is also the only one out of the four songs on the EP for the lyric video to be edited by Lares; the reset are by smokiazo.
* According to Tunebat, the song's greatest quality is its acousticness (79 out of 100).
* On Lares' YouTube account, the lyric video of this song is the most popular, gathering over 2.1k views.
* On the lyric video of this song, the title is not capitalized on the YouTube's video title.

## References

1. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/THUNDER-James-Lares/0zbb1oUWSUF94IAwxQWQ6B
2. ↑ https://slaps.com/track/BkUjYr9u
3. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/inside-my-house-ep/1696544309
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://slaps.com/track/BkUjYr9u
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CuwiL-yrVAU/
6. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/THUNDER-James-Lares/0zbb1oUWSUF94IAwxQWQ6B