Breathing - Kate Bush

Outside gets inside

Through her skin

I’ve been out before

But this time it’s much safer in

Last night in the sky

Such a bright light

My radar send me danger

But my instincts tell me to keep

Breathing

Out, in, out, in, out, in

Breathing, breathing my mother in

Breathing my beloved in

Breathing, breathing her nicotine

Breathing, breathing the fallout in

Out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in

We’ve lost our chance

We’re the first and the last, ooh

After the blast

Chips of Plutonium are twinkling in every lung

I love my beloved, ooh

All and everywhere

Only the fools blew it

You and me knew life itself is

Breathing

Out, in, out, in, out, in

Breathing, breathing my mother in

Breathing my beloved in

Breathing, breathing her nicotine

Breathing, breathing the fallout in

Out in, out in, out in, out in

Out in, out in, out in, out…

Out… out… out… out… out…

«In point of fact it is possible to tell the difference between a small nuclear

explosion and a large one by a very simple method

The calling card of a nuclear bomb is the blinding flash that

Is far more dazzling than any light on earth — brighter even than the sun

itself — and it is by the duration of this flash that we are able to determine

the size of the weapon…»

What are we going to do without.

«After the flash a fireball can be seen to rise, sucking up under it the debris,

dust and living things around the area of the explosion and as this ascends,

it soon becomes recognisable as the familiar 'mushroom cloud'.

As a

demonstration of the flash duration test, let’s try and count the number of

seconds for the flash emitted by a very small bomb;

then a more substantial,

medium-sized bomb;

and finally, one of our very powerful 'high-yield' bombs.»

What are we going to do without…

Ooh, please!

What are we going to do without.

Let me breathe!

What are we going to do without.

Ooh, quick!

We are all going to die without…

Breathe in deep!

What are we going to do without.

Oh, leave me something to breathe!

We are all going to die without…

Oh, leave me something to breathe!

What are we going to do without.

Oh, God, please leave us something to breathe!

We are all going to die without…

Oh, life is…