

( Richard Skinner, 'Classic Albums interview: Hounds Of Love'. Use it for personal and educational purposes only. Learn every word of your favourite song and get the meaning or start your own concert tonight :-). Hounds Of Love lyrics belongs on the album Before The Dawn (live). Running Up That Hill, was the first song recorded for Hounds of Love and underwent a couple of iterations before Bush felt it was ready. I dont think the album would be the same. The whole of hounds of love is a masterpiece and this song is just a perfect example of why. Brought to my attention via The Handmaids Tale S3, it has given the song an entirely new meaning.

KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE MEANING FULL
And the idea that they've got it in their head that they mustn't fall asleep, because if you fall asleep when you're in the water, I've heard that you roll over and so you drown, so they're trying to keep themselves awake. See the full Hounds Of Love lyrics from Kate Bush. I love the gradual build up of the strings the choir at the end is just sublime. And they're absolutely terrified, and they're completely alone at the mercy of their imagination, which again I personally find such a terrifying thing, the power of ones own imagination being let loose on something like that. And Dream of Sheep a spare piano and mandolin ballad, starts it. It starts with knowing that falling asleep could lead to the protagonists certain death. Creating a story of a woman lost at sea, clinging to her life, and all that travails the story begins. And they've got a life jacket with a little light so that if anyone should be traveling at night they'll see the light and know they're there. Kate Bush discusses The Ninth Wave suite of songs from Hounds of Love. It showed that Bush, along with the fast-paced musical world of the eighties, was not only willing to change but was adamant about her evolution. Popular and critical reception before Hounds of Love. And I find that horrific imagery, the thought of being completely alone in all this water. It’s in the trees, it’s coming the first words of ‘Hounds of Love’ was initially taken from the 1957 British horror film Night of the Demon. But the idea is that they've been on a ship and they've been washed over the side so they're alone in this water. It's the idea of this person being in the water, how they've got there, we don't know. The Ninth Wave was a film, that's how I thought of it. The suite consists of the following tracks: Originally released as side 2 of the album Hounds Of Love in 1985. Suite of seven songs, written as a concept piece.
