She knows that I've been doing something wrong
But she won't say anything
She thinks that I was with my friends yesterday
But she won't mind me lying
Because

Mother stands for comfort
Mother will hide the murderer

It breaks the cage
And fear escapes and takes possession
Just like a crowd rioting inside
Make me do this, make me do that
Make me do this, make me do that
Am I the cat that takes the bird
To her the hunted, not the hunter?

Mother stands for comfort
Mother will hide the murderer
Mother hides the madman
Mother will stay mum

Mother stands for comfort
Mother will stay mum
Stands for comfort


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Mother Stands For Comfort Lyrics as written by Kate Bush

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    This song is incredibly crafted poetry... and offers many readings and meanings... Another meaning might be that 'She' (the cat's mother, the child's mother) knows (intuitively or otherwise) that something wrong has taken place involving the child ('doing'/'do'), but She won't say anything (refuses to? turns away?). Is the wrong 'unspeakable'? Is the truth? (hence the child lying)... The mother is hiding the murderer/madman... The murderer ("It" = dehumanised reference) breaks the cage, gets into the house... The child is overwhelmed by fear, and made to do this and that... 'Am I the cat... bird...' = Metaphorically, the child becomes wild/other, a domesticated animal taking dead things to 'her' (her=non-mother?)... The 'bird' symbolizes the child's dead heart/soul and disclosures... The child is hunted/hounded, and is not a capable seeker in life... "Mother Stands For Comfort"... just as those plaques remind us... but this 'mother' is not comforting the child... Rather, she is hiding the madman and murderer of the child's heart... She is 'staying mum' ...

    Theresa_Gionoffrioon November 30, 2007   Link

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