Kate Bush:Breathing

“Breathing”
Artist:	Kate Bush
Albums:	Breathing (1980) Never for Ever (1980) The Whole Story (1986)
Composers:	Kate Bush
Lyricists:	Kate Bush

Outside gets inside
Ooh
Through her skin
I've been out before
But this time it's much safer in
Last night
In the sky
Ooh
Such a bright light
My radar send me danger
But my instincts tell me to
Keep breathing

Breathing
Breathing my mother in
Breathing
My beloved in
Breathing
Breathing her nicotine
Breathing
Breathing the fall-out in out in out in out in out in

We've lost our chance
We're the first and last
Ooh
After the blast
Chips of plutonium a-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 fall-out in out in out in out in out in out in out in out in out
Out
Out
Out
Out
...

... 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)
Oh let me breathe
(What are we going to do without)
Oh quick, breathe in deep
(We are all going to die without)
Oh leave me something to breathe
(What are we going to do without)
Oh leave me something to breathe
(What are we going to do without)
Oh God please leave us something to breathe
(What are we going to do without)
Oh life is
Breathing