“I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but
It looks like Hell down there.”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Context: I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but
It looks like Hell down there.
These streets have never been paved with gold.
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
Context: Take away the love and the anger,
And a little piece of hope holding us together.
Looking for a moment that'll never happen,
Living in the gap between past and future.
Take away the stone and the timber,
And a little piece of rope won't hold it together.
“On top of the world,
Looking over the edge,
You could see them coming.”
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985)
Context: On top of the world,
Looking over the edge,
You could see them coming.
You looked too small
In their big, black car,
To be a threat to the men in power.
“They look down
At the ground,
Missing.
But I never go in now.”
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985)
Context: They look down
At the ground,
Missing.
But I never go in now.
I'm looking at the Big Sky.
Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)
Context: All we ever look for — a god.
All we ever look for — ooh, a drug.
All we ever look for — a great big hug.
All we ever look for — a little bit of you.
All we ever look for — a little bit of you, too.
All we ever look for,
But we never do score.
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave
This was a song written for the soundtrack of The Magician of Lublin (1979), based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Kate's singing of it appears at times in the background within the film - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfbkVKmbG0
Song lyrics, Singles and rarities
Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)
Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sea of Honey (Disc 1)
“It's no good for you baby
It's no good for you now
Keep looking up for the ladder.”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sea of Honey (Disc 1)
“I spend a lot of my time looking at blue,
The colour of my room and my mood…”
Song lyrics, Lionheart (1978)
“You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?”
Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)
Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sea of Honey (Disc 1)
Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sea of Honey (Disc 1)
“Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear the sunset?”
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
“"Don't you know you've kept him waiting?"
"Look who's here to see you!"”
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave