Lyrics to
Strange Phenomena

This version of Strange Phenomena was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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Soon it will be the phase of the moon
When people tune in.
Every girl knows about the punctual blues,
But who’s to know the power behind our moves?

A day of coincidence with the radio,
And a word that won’t go away.
We know what they’re all going to say.
“G” arrives–“Funny, had a feeling he was on his way!”

We raise our hats to the strange phenomena.
Soul-birds of a feather flock together.
We raise our hats to the hand a-moulding us.
Sure ’nuff, he has the answer,
He has the answer
He has the answer, be-duh-be-duh-be-duh-be-duh…
“Om mani padme,
Om mani padme,
Om mani padme hum.”

You pick up a paper. You read a name.
You go out. It turns up again and again.
You bump into a friend you haven’t seen for a long time,
Then into another you only thought about last night.

You hear your sister calling for you,
But you don’t know where from.
You know there’s something wrong,
But you don’t want to believe in a premonition.

We raise our hats to the strange phenomena.
Soul-birds of a feather flock together.
We raise our hats to the hand a-moulding us.
Sure ’nuff, he has the answer,
He has the answer
He has the answer, be-duh-be-duh-be-duh-be-duh…
“Om mani padme,
Om mani padme,
Om mani padme hum.”

“Om mani padme hum.
Om mani padme hum.
Om mani padme hum.
Om mani padme hum…”

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About Lyrics and Strange Phenomena by Kate Bush

The lyrics to Strange Phenomena are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kate Bush used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Strange Phenomena have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kate Bush and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Strange Phenomena by Kate Bush. 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 Strange Phenomena" means the words set to the music of Strange Phenomena, 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 Strange Phenomena and the lyrics to Strange Phenomena 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 Strange Phenomena, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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