Kate Bush Quotes on War
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You're a coward, James. You're running away from humanity. You're running away from reality. It won't be funny when they rat-a-tat-tat you down.
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I am my enemy Mowing me over, And towing the light away.
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What could he do? Should have been a father. But he never even made it to his twenties. What a waste - Army dreamers. Ooh, what a waste of Army dreamers.
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Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know, Like a chicken with a fox, He couldn't win the war with ego. Give the kid the pick of pips, And give him all your stripes and ribbons. Now he's sitting in his hole, He might as well have buttons and bows.
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He's big and pink, and not like me. He sees no light. He sees no reason for the fighting...
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The civilised keep alive The territorial war... Erase the race that claim the place And say we dig for ore, Or dangle devils in a bottle And push them from the pull of the Bush.
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If you go, I'll let the law know, And they'll head you off when you touch the ground. Ooh, please, don't go through with this. I don't like the sound of it.
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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.
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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.
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She knows that I've been doing something wrong, But she won't say anything.
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Am I the cat that takes the bird? To her the hunted, not the hunter.
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He said it was her fault. She said it wasn't at all. But the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
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All the banners stop waving And the flags stop flying And the silence comes over Thousands of soldiers...
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I know it works for me. As we cross the bridge - the burning bridge - With flames behind us, We front the line. It's you and me, baby, against the world.