Them Heavy People

I think, this song's about the realization of the fact, that all the people around are our own rtflections and if we don't like someone else's vices, we should try and find it inside of us, too. That way, all the people became our Wonderful Teachers! So, probably, it's about self-development and being a master of one's life.

materbation? wtf? where do you people come up with this stuff.

It's definitely about what trinity tragedy said its about. Meeting people, who offer up different ideas about the world, making the world seems shiney and new, getting the protagonist out of her teenage blues.

So not cults either, I don't think.

Uh, no. It's about the pursuit of knowledge and how it lifted her out of the teenage blues.

Bush said she overheard a conversation her father and brother had about an occult philosopher and his teachings, and that inspired the song. Them heavy people - priests, prophets, missionaries, philosophers - those who give lifestyle prescriptions - in contrast to young, curious and green Kate, and they rolling her a ball now! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable!

To be fair, the masturbation ideas probably stem from the feeling most males get when listening to the first Kate Bush album, which is that of sneaking into the women's locker, or, perhaps, sneak-peeking into some kind of pornography intended only for women. However much I agree with these people (myself being one of them), I think this song is written about those people who radiate that certain allure, the kind of people you'd change yourself for, only to show them how good you are. I think the emotional breakdown she describes comes from the lack of self-respect that comes with such a deification, but at the end of the day, it turns out to be a lovely feeling indeed (doesn't it?).

I guess everybody interprets it the way it fits into their own mind and it is funny to read what everyone thinks.

For me it seemed like she was singing about being in therapy, getting help from 'heavy people' therapist, psychologists, a lot of heavy talking to work on your mind. Rolling the ball to you because it's always up to you yourself to do the hard work in therapy. That's what I think and feel listening to this beautiful song.

It's very easy. It's a reference to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd who discovered her and helped to develop her as an artist. A very heavy person indeed.

Think it's about cults like Jehova Witnesses, Pentecostals and other two-faced weirdos. Knocking at your door, wanting you to "open yourself" for what they say. Wonderful teachers and stupid little girl, hidden in her own world, ready to accept everything, true or lie, as long as it will be attractive. They're hitting everyone of us in soft spot - everyone of us needs something to believe in, needs new emotional feelings, needs to know The True. False or not, just to know and stop thinking. They "help" you with this. Making you their slave at the same time.

Leaving the lyrics aside: great song, sounds very McCartneyish; I love it.

^^ What strange ideas people have!

Gurdjieff was a mystic - "work on my mind" is a reference to his "Fourth Way." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Way

To me, it's pretty clearly about someone seeing a therapist or maybe a therapy group.

They're using the technique where they sit in a circle and the therapist rolls the ball to each and they roll it back. It's a simple method to build trust and very gently interact with others, or summat.

I like the Prof's theory below, though!