Kate Bush Quotes on Aging
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We used to say 'Ah Hell, we're young' But now we see that life is sad And so is love.
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And I can hear my mother saying 'Every old sock meets an old shoe' Isn't that a great saying?
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I'm reeling in the music, And I've only had a few... And I'm afraid by the way we grow old... My darling...
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She has always freely admitted being like a little girl in many ways, and furthermore, happily presumes she'll still be that way in her dotage. It's certainly still a factor on Aerial , both in the track 'Bertie' itself and in the memories and reminiscences that cobweb some other songs. But compared to the darker corners of the mind sometimes mined in earlier songs, the new album seems a much sunnier affair: an enduring image I took away from it - not necessarily a lyric, though it might have been - was of windows flung wide open, their curtains billowing out in the breeze, a room's long-dormant dust stirred into life again.