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As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend.
I was loading a new programme
I had ordered from a magazine
"Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must"
I press Execute.

Hello, I know that you`ve been feeling tired,
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello. I know that you`re unhappy,
I bring you love and deeper understanding.

Well I've never felt such pleasure
Nothing else seemed to matter
I neglected my bodily needs
I did not eat. I did not sleep
The intensity increasing
'Till my family found me and intervened
But I was lonely, I was lost
Without my little black box
I pick up the phone and go Execute

Hello, I know that you`ve been feeling tired,
I bring you love and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you`re unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding
I turn to my computer like a friend
I need deeper understanding
Give me deeper understanding.
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Cover art for Deeper Understanding lyrics by Kate Bush

In the context of 2006, this is clearly about internet/computer addiction, which is a widespread problem. The fact that it was released in 1989 makes it a pretty foreseeing feat by Bush.

Cover art for Deeper Understanding lyrics by Kate Bush

Interesting how Kate, often in her songs, has a disconnect between her characters and those around them. They are looking for something deeper (e.g. All We Ever Look For) or misunderstanding (e.g. The Big Sky - 'you never really understood me, you never really tried). This person can't find deeper understanding with those around them - so they have found it on a computer.

Cover art for Deeper Understanding lyrics by Kate Bush

"But I was lonely, I was lost Without my little black box I pick up the phone and go Execute"

Kate Bush, the true inventor of I-phone.

Cover art for Deeper Understanding lyrics by Kate Bush

why would she change anything? it's remarkably prescient and fits today even more than ever.

Cover art for Deeper Understanding lyrics by Kate Bush

I wonder if she will change and how will she change the lyrics of the song for the new, up-coming single.