| Kate Bush – Wild Man Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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The wild man is symbolic of our (human) search for the mystical. We search for it but in doing so we also destroy it. It feels like a song about wanting to touch what is sacred, but in not understanding it we end up applying our own interpretations and world views - this distorts the purity of what is sacred. Bush refers to the Lamas of tibet, and uses many exotic, almost esoteric, words like Kangchenjunga Demon and Metoh-Kangmi. This adds to the feeling of this being a song about something alien and so different from our normal understanding. I love this song, I find it very moving, not just the concept, but the wonderful arrangements. The narrative comes to life, and I often find myself close to tears at the line "they want to know you, they will hunt you down, then they will kill you" To me its all about god essentially. |
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