Kate Bush

  Experiment IV

    We were working secretly
    For the military.
    We only know in theory
    What we are doing:
    Music made for pleasure,
    Music made to thrill.
    It was music we were making here until

        They told us
        All they wanted
        Was a sound that could kill someone
        From a distance.
        So we go ahead,
        And the meters are over in the red.
        It's a mistake in the making.

            It could feel like falling in love.
            It could feel so bad.
            But it could feel so good.
            It could sing you to sleep--
        ("I'll bet my mum's gonna give me a little toy instrument!")*
            But that dream is your enemy.

    We won't be there to be blamed.
    We won't be there to snitch.
    I just pray that someone there
    Can hit the switch.

        But they told us
        All they wanted
        Was a sound that could kill someone
        From a distance.
        So we go ahead,
        And the meters are over in the red.
        It's a mistake we've made.

        And the public are warned to stay off.

[*--"I'll bet my mum's gonna give me a little toy instrument": This
line is only a guess. There is still no certainty that real words are
spoken here at all. Many people hear some, however, and during the
Wogan Show performance of this song a face (possibly Paddy's) appears
on a computer monitor during this line, mouthing something.]