Big Stripey Lie Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Theresa_Gionoffrio 

Cover art for Big Stripey Lie lyrics by Kate Bush

This song suggests crisis and betrayal. A big stripey lie is coming up like a Tsunami to blow one away... The lie is big, like it's social, political, conspiratorial... Maybe Life itself is the lie... It promises so much that is phoney... The betrayal unleashes a wild-animal confusion as the 'cage' (the stable personality structure) is blown away... The terror of a night-frightened child is met with gentle reassurance... And maybe the idea of a mute, unmoved Sacred Destiny can still the mind... HELLO EARTH saw the birth of the storm; and here, Kate-the-lifebuoy tries to bring a reassuring calm, to make all those waves run away... Mmm, run away...