Released: November 7, 2005
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Verse 1]
Could be honeycomb
In a sea of honey
A sky of honey
Whose shadow, long and low
Is slipping out of wet clothes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And changes into
The most beautiful
Iridescent blue
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Verse 2]
Every sleepy light
Must say goodbye
To the day before it dies
In a sea of honey
A sky of honey
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Keep us close to your heart
So if the skies stay dark
We may live on in comets and stars
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Interlude]
Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup!
[Chorus 2]
Oh, sing of summer and a sunset
And sing for us, so that we may remember
The day writes the words right across the sky
They go all the way up to the top of the night
[Chorus 2]
Oh, sing of summer and a sunset
And sing for us, so that we may remember
The day writes the words right across the sky
They go all the way up to the top of the night
[Outro]
They all go all the way up to the top of the night
Could be honeycomb
In a sea of honey
A sky of honey
Whose shadow, long and low
Is slipping out of wet clothes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And changes into
The most beautiful
Iridescent blue
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Verse 2]
Every sleepy light
Must say goodbye
To the day before it dies
In a sea of honey
A sky of honey
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Keep us close to your heart
So if the skies stay dark
We may live on in comets and stars
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Chorus 1]
Who knows who wrote that song of Summer
That blackbirds sing at dusk?
This is a song of colour
Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust
Then climb into bed and turn to dust
[Interlude]
Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup!
[Chorus 2]
Oh, sing of summer and a sunset
And sing for us, so that we may remember
The day writes the words right across the sky
They go all the way up to the top of the night
[Chorus 2]
Oh, sing of summer and a sunset
And sing for us, so that we may remember
The day writes the words right across the sky
They go all the way up to the top of the night
[Outro]
They all go all the way up to the top of the night
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Aerial (2005)
Kate Bush popular songs
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
- Wuthering Heights
- Babooshka
- This Woman’s Work
- Cloudbusting
- Hounds of Love
- Waking the Witch
- Suspended in Gaffa
- And Dream of Sheep
- Army Dreamers
- Hello Earth
- Jig of Life
- The Sensual World
- Watching You Without Me
- Sat in Your Lap
- Get Out of My House
- The Big Sky
- The Dreaming
- The Man with the Child in His Eyes
- The Morning Fog
- Mother Stands for Comfort
- Breathing
- Pull Out the Pin
- Under Ice