Lyrics to
Hammer Horror

This version of Hammer Horror was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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You stood in the belltower,
But now you’re gone.
So who knows all the sights
Of Notre Dame?

They’ve got the stars for the gallant hearts.
I’m the replacement for your part.
But all I want to do is forget
You, friend.

Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave me alone.
The first time in my life,
I leave the lights on
To ease my soul.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave it alone.
I don’t know,
Is this the right thing to do?

Rehearsing in your things,
I feel guilty.
And retracing all the scenes,
Of your big hit,
Oh, God, you needed the leading role.
It wasn’t me who made you go, though.
Now all I want to do is forget
You, friend.

Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave me alone.
The first time in my life,
I leave the lights on
To ease my soul.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave it alone.
I don’t know,
Is this the right thing to do?

Who calls me from the other side
Of the street?
And who taps me on the shoulder?
I turn around, but you’re gone.

I’ve got a hunch that you’re following,
To get your own back on me.
So all I want to do is forget
You, friend.

Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave me alone.
The first time in my life,
I leave the lights on
To ease my soul.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won’t leave it alone.
I don’t know,
Is this the right thing to do?

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Hammer Horror, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Kate Bush. Some of the lyrics to Hammer Horror have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Kate Bush and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Hammer Horror if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hammer Horror" means the words set to the music of Hammer Horror, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kate Bush. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hammer Horror and the lyrics to Hammer Horror are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kate Bush who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hammer Horror, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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