| Kate Bush – A Coral Room Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It's about how the memory of a departed love one can suddenly come to you from out of nowehere. The city draped in net? A coral reef, dead coral, as "there were hundreds of people living here....." "Speedboats flying above......." - mans intervention. So I imagine she's on holiday, in boat over the coral, her mind is wondering and maybe she puts a hand in the water. And from nowhere this memory of her dead mother materialises. This is how memories of lost loved ones usually appear. For Kate, it was a deeply personal song which dealt with the death of her mother more than a decade after the event. She was in 2 minds whether to put it on the album becuase it's so deeply personal, but to anyone who has suffered a similar loss will immediately connect with this. It's a beautiful song which you feel more than you hear. | |
| Kate Bush – This Woman's Work Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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David Bowie once sang: "Aint there one damn song that can make me break down and cry?" There are 2 that do this to me, and it's no coincidence that both of them are by Kate Bush. This one, and the Coral Room. I guess everyone puts their own interpretation on song meanings, and although Kate has openly stated what this song is about, it can still be universal: "Of all the things we should've said, That were never said. All the things we should've done, That we never did. All the things that you needed from me. All the things that you wanted for me. All the things that I should've given, But I didn't" It rang so true for me when my mother died earlier this year. I imagine it can be so for so many people in their own situation when they suffer a loss. It's just proof that Kate can take you to places and tap into human emotions in a way that no other artist can. They don't even come close. The woman should be made a national treasure. |
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