Lyrics to
The Kick Inside

This version of The Kick Inside was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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I’ve pulled down my lace and the chintz.
Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?
I’ll send your love to Zeus.
Oh, by the time you read this,
I’ll be well in touch.

I’m giving it all in a moment or two.
I’m giving it all in a moment, for you.
I’m giving it all, giving it, giving it.
This kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.

You and me on the bobbing knee.
Didn’t we cry at that old mythology he’d read!
I will come home again, but not until
The sun and the moon meet on yon hill.

I’m giving it all in a moment or two.
I’m giving it all in a moment, for you.
I’m giving it all, giving it, giving it.
This kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.

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About Lyrics and The Kick Inside by Kate Bush

The lyrics to The Kick Inside are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kate Bush in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to The Kick Inside are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kate Bush and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Kick Inside back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to The Kick Inside by Kate Bush in a number of ways. 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 The Kick Inside" means the words set to the music of The Kick Inside, 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 The Kick Inside and the lyrics to The Kick Inside 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 The Kick Inside, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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