“I was there at the birth,
Out of the cloudburst,
The head of the tempest.”

—  Kate Bush

Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave
Context: I was there at the birth,
Out of the cloudburst,
The head of the tempest.
Murderer!
Murder of calm…

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