Deeper Understanding Lyrics
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.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello. I know that you`re unhappy,
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
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
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.
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.
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.
"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.
why would she change anything? it's remarkably prescient and fits today even more than ever.
I wonder if she will change and how will she change the lyrics of the song for the new, up-coming single.