The Hounds of Love
Running Up That Hill "If I only could, I'd be running up that hill. If I only could, I'd be running up that hill." It doesn't hurt me. Do you want to feel how it feels? Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me? Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making? You, it's you and me. And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill, Be running up that building. If I only could, oh... You don't want to hurt me, But see how deep the bullet lies. Unaware I'm tearing you asunder. Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts. Is there so much hate for the ones we love? Tell me, we both matter, don't we? You, it's you and me. It's you and me won't be unhappy. And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill, Be running up that building, Say, if I only could, oh... You, It's you and me, It's you and me won't be unhappy. "C'mon, baby, c'mon darling, Let me steal this moment from you now. C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling, Let's exchange the experience, oh..." And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill, With no problems. And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill, With no problems. And if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, And I'd get him to swap our places, Be running up that road, Be running up that hill, With no problems. If I only could Be running up that hill With no problems... "If I only could, I'd be running up that hill. If I only could, I'd be running up that hill." Hounds of Love "It's in the trees! It's coming!" When I was a child: Running in the night, Afraid of what might be Hiding in the dark, Hiding in the street, And of what was following me... Now hounds of love are hunting. I've always been a coward, And I don't know what's good for me. Here I go! It's coming for me through the trees. Help me, someone! Help me, please! Take my shoes off, And throw them in the lake, And I'll be Two steps on the water. I found a fox Caught by dogs. He let me take him in my hands. His little heart, It beats so fast, And I'm ashamed of running away From nothing real-- I just can't deal with this, But I'm still afraid to be there, Among your hounds of love, And feel your arms surround me. I've always been a coward, And never know what's good for me. Oh, here I go! Don't let me go! Hold me down! It's coming for me through the trees. Help me, darling, Help me, please! Take my shoes off And throw them in the lake, And I'll be Two steps on the water. I don't know what's good for me. I don't know what's good for me. I need your love love love love love, yeah! Your love! Take your shoes off And throw them in the lake! Do you know what I really need? Do you know what I really need? I need love love love love love, yeah! The Big Sky They look down At the ground, Missing. But I never go in now. She'll never go in now. I'm looking at the Big Sky. I'm looking at the Big Sky now. I'm looking at the Big Sky. You never really understood me. You never really tried. That cloud, that cloud-- Looks like Ireland. C'mon and blow it a kiss now, But quick, 'Cause it's changing in the Big Sky, It's changing in the Big Sky now. We're looking at the Big Sky. You never understood me. You never really tried. This cloud, this cloud-- Says "Noah, C'mon and build me an Ark." And if you're coming, jump, 'Cause We're leaving with the Big Sky. We're leaving with the Big Sky. And we pause for the jets-- hup! hup!--in the Big Sky! You want my reply? What was the question? I was looking at the Big Sky. Tell 'em, sisters! "Rolling over like a great big cloud, Rolling over with the Big Sky! Rolling over like a great big cloud, Rolling over with the Big Sky!" Mother Stands For Comfort She knows that I've been doing something wrong, But she won't say anything. She thinks that I was with my friends yesterday, But she won't mind me lying, Because Mother stands for comfort. Mother will hide the murderer. It breaks the cage, and fear escapes and takes possession, Just like a crowd rioting inside. (Make me do this, make me do that, make me do this, make me do that...) Am I the cat that takes the bird? To her the hunted, not the hunter. Mother stands for comfort. Mother will hide the murderer. Mother hides the madman. Mother will stay mum. Mother stands for comfort. Mother will hide the murderer. Mother hides the madman. Mother will stay mum. Cloudbusting I still dream of Orgonon. I wake up crying. You're making rain, And you're just in reach, When you and sleep escape me. You're like my yo-yo That glowed in the dark. What made it special Made it dangerous, So I bury it And forget. But every time it rains, You're here in my head, Like the sun coming out-- Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. And I don't know when, But just saying it could even make it happen. 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. I hid my yo-yo In the garden. I can't hide you From the government. Oh, God, Daddy-- I won't forget, 'Cause every time it rains, You're here in my head, Like the sun coming out-- Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. And I don't know when, But just saying it could even make it happen. And every time it rains, You're here in my head, Like the sun coming out-- Like your son's coming out, Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. And I don't know when, But just saying it could even make it happen. Ooh, just saying it could even make it happen. We've been cloudbusting daddy Your sun's coming out. Your son's coming out. The Ninth Wave And Dream of Sheep Little light shining, Little light will guide them to me. My face is all lit up, My face is all lit up. If they find me racing white horses, They'll not take me for a buoy. Let me be weak, Let me sleep And dream of sheep. "Attention shipping information in sea areas...Bell Rock, Tiree, Cromaty, gale east...Malin, Sellafield..." "Come here with me now." Oh, I'll wake up To any sound of engines, Ev'ry gull a seeking craft. I can't keep my eyes open-- Wish I had my radio. I tune in to some friendly voices Talking 'bout stupid things. I can't be left to my imagination. Let me be weak, Let me sleep And dream of sheep. Ooh, their breath is warm And they smell like sleep, And they say they take me home. Like poppies heavy with seed They take me deeper and deeper. Under Ice It's wonderful. Everywhere, so white. The river has frozen over. Not a soul on the ice. Only me skating fast. I'm speeding past trees, Leaving little lines in the ice, Cutting out little lines, In the ice, splitting, splitting sound, Silver heels spitting, spitting snow. There's something moving under, "Sonar searching through the deep" Under the ice, Moving under ice, Through water, Trying to "It's me." get out of the cold water. "It's me." Something, someone--help them. "It's me." Waking the Witch "Wake up!" "A good morning, ma'am. It's your early morning call." "You must wake up!" "[titter] Wake up! [titter]" "Wake up, man! " "Wake up, child! Pay attention!" "Come on, wake up!" "Wake up, love!" "We should make the night, but see your little light's alive!" "Stop that lyin' and a-sleepin' in bed--get up!" "Ma needs a shower. Get out of bed!" [words uncertain] "Little light..." "Can you not see that little light up there?" "Where?" "There!" "Where?" "Over here!" "You still in bed?" "Wake up, sleepy-head!" "We are of the going water and the gone. We are of water in the holy land of water." "Don't you know you've kept him waiting?" "Look who's here to see you!" "Listen to me, listen to me, baby. Help me, help me, baby. Talk to me, talk to me. Please, please talk to me!" "You won't burn." "Red, red roses." "You won't bleed." "Pinks and posies." "Confess to me, girl." "Red, red roses," "Go down!" "Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" "Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" "Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" "Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" "Poor little thing," "Red, red roses," "The blackbird!" "Pinks and posies." "Wings in the water," "Red, red roses, Go down," "Go down." "Pinks and posies." "Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" "Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" "Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" "Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" "What is it, child?" "Bless me, father, bless me, father, for I have sinned." "Red, red roses!" "Help me, baby. Listen to me, listen to me. Tell them, baby!" "Red, red rose!" "Help me, baby. Talk to them!" "I question your innocence!" "Help this blackbird!" "She's a witch!" "There's a stone around my leg." "Uh! Damn you, woman!" "Help this blackbird! There's a stone around my leg. " "What say you, good people?" "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" "Help this blackbird!" "I am responsible for your actions." "Oh-hoh-hoh!" "Not guilty!" "Help this blackbird!" "Wake (of) the witch!" "Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!" Watching You Without Me "What's that?" "It's four, *five*, *six*, seven..." You can't hear me. You can't hear me. You can't hear what I'm saying. You can't hear what I'm saying to you. You watch the clock Move the slow hand. I should have been home Hours ago, But I'm not here. But I'm not here. You can't hear me. You can't hear me. You can't feel me Here in the room with you now. You can't hear what I'm saying. You don't hear what I'm saying, do you? Can't let you know What's been happening. There's a ghost in our home, Just watching you without me. I'm not here. "You don't hear me." [backwards] But I'm not here. You can't hear me. But I'm not here. You don't hear what I'm saying. _ _ _ ... ... _ _ _ ... ... _ _ _ ... ... [Morse: "...SOS..."] "Don't ignore, don't ignore me, Let me in, And don't be long." "Don't ignore, don't ignore me, Let me in, And don't be long." "Don't ignore, don't ignore me, Let me in, And don't be long." "We see you here. [backwards] "We see you here. "We see you here. "We see you here. "We see you here. "We see you here. "We see you here. "We see you here. You don't hear me come in. "Help me, baby! Help me, baby! Talk to me! Listen to me, baby! Listen to me! Listen to me! Talk to me! Help baby, please listen " "You can't hear me." [backwards] "Listen, to me! Listen to me, baby! Help me, help me, baby! Talk to me! Talk to me! Please, baby, talk to me!" "You can't hear me." [backwards] You won't hear me leaving. Jig of Life Hello, old lady. I know your face well. I know it well. She says, "Ooh-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na! I'll be sitting in your mirror. Now is the place where the crossroads meet. Will you look into the future? "Never, never say goodbye To my part of your life. No, no, no, no, no! Oh, oh, oh, "Let me live!" She said. "C'mon and let me live, girl!" She said, "C'mon and let me live, girl!" "C'mon and let me live!" "This moment in time," (She said.) It doesn't belong to you," (She said,) It belongs to me, "And to your little boy and to your little girl, And the one hand clapping: Where on your palm is my little line, When you're written in mine As an old memory ? Ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na- "Never, never say goodbye To my part of your life. Oh no, no, no, no, no! Never, never, never! Never, never let me go!" She said, "C'mon and let me live, girl!' "C'mon and let me live!" She said, "C'mon and let me live, girl!" "C'mon and let me live!" I put this moment..............................................here. I put this moment.........................here. I put this moment-- "Over here! "Over here! Can't you see where memories are kept bright? Tripping on the water like a laughing girl. Time in her eyes is spawning past light, One when the ocean and the woman unfurled, Holding all the love that waits for you here. Catch us now for I am your future. A kiss on the wind and we'll make the land. Come over here to where When lingers, Waiting in this empty world, Waiting for Then, when the lifespray cools. For Now does ride in on the curl of the wave, And you will dance with me in the sunlit pools. We are of the going water and the gone. We are of water in the holy land of water And all that's to come runs in With the thrust on the strand." Hello Earth "Columbia now at nine times the speed of sound." "Roger that, Dan, I've got a solid TACAN locked on, uh, TACAN two and three." "The, uh, tracking data, map data and pre-planned trajectory are all one line on the block " "Show your block decode..." Hello, Earth. "Hello Earth" Hello, Earth. "Hello Earth" With just one hand held up high I can blot you out, Out of sight. Peek-a-boo, Peek-a-boo, little Earth. With just my heart and my mind I can be driving, Driving home, And you asleep On the seat. I get out of my car, Step into the night And look up at the sky. And there's something bright, Travelling fast. Just look at it go! Just look at it go! [A men's choral passage in either Czekh or Russian is sung here.] "Listen!" Hello, Earth. Hello, Earth. Watching storms Start to form Over America. Can't do anything. Just watch them swing With the wind Out to sea. All you sailors, "Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!" All life-savers, "Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!" All you cruisers, "Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!" All you fishermen, Head for home. Go to sleep, little Earth. I was there at the birth, Out of the cloudburst, The head of the tempest. Murderer! Murder of calm. Why did I go? Why did I go? [The men's choral passage is sung again several times here.] "Tiefer, tiefer. Irgendwo in der Tiefe Gibt es ein licht." Go to sleep little Earth. The Morning Fog The light Begin to bleed, Begin to breathe, Begin to speak. D'you know what? I love you better now. I am falling Like a stone, Like a storm, Being born again Into the sweet morning fog. D'you know what? I love you better now. I'm falling, And I'd love to hold you know. I'll kiss the ground. I'll tell my mother, I'll tell my father, I'll tell my loved one, I'll tell my brothers How much I love them.