Released: November 25, 2016
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Spoken Monologue]
Hello? Yes, hello?
Am I through to the coastguard? Over
Yes, look, um...
I'm calling because, er, well...
I'm out observing the meteor shower tonight, I'm on, erm, Church Rock, and... I've just received a rather... well, erm, actually it's extremely alarming, erm, message
It was very faint and, erm, staticy. I think he said that his ship's name is "Celtic Deep" and that he was sinking. Er - fast
Well, no - er, yes he did! He gave, er, some co-ordinates, yes, he did. Er, he gave, erm, a... 7... a 9... but the, er, the signal was breaking up and, I tried to reply, you know, to tell him, er, that I could hear him, but, er, there was just dead air
Yeah, just now - two or three minutes ago just before I called you the transmission... died
Well hasn't anyone else reported it? Have you not heard anything about it?
My name? Wha-wha-er, sorry - what's my name got to do with anything?
Oh, come on! Come on! If a man says "Our ship is going down" isn't that enough?!
Oh, to Hell with your protocol! There's a ship out there, in real trouble. It'll be dark soon... look... I need to know that you're going to do something, please
Well, I don't know! You're the coastguard for fu- *tut*
I think these people are depending on me. I'm the only one who heard them. Please. Do you understand?
Hello? Hello?! Can you hear me?
Over?!
Hello? Yes, hello?
Am I through to the coastguard? Over
Yes, look, um...
I'm calling because, er, well...
I'm out observing the meteor shower tonight, I'm on, erm, Church Rock, and... I've just received a rather... well, erm, actually it's extremely alarming, erm, message
It was very faint and, erm, staticy. I think he said that his ship's name is "Celtic Deep" and that he was sinking. Er - fast
Well, no - er, yes he did! He gave, er, some co-ordinates, yes, he did. Er, he gave, erm, a... 7... a 9... but the, er, the signal was breaking up and, I tried to reply, you know, to tell him, er, that I could hear him, but, er, there was just dead air
Yeah, just now - two or three minutes ago just before I called you the transmission... died
Well hasn't anyone else reported it? Have you not heard anything about it?
My name? Wha-wha-er, sorry - what's my name got to do with anything?
Oh, come on! Come on! If a man says "Our ship is going down" isn't that enough?!
Oh, to Hell with your protocol! There's a ship out there, in real trouble. It'll be dark soon... look... I need to know that you're going to do something, please
Well, I don't know! You're the coastguard for fu- *tut*
I think these people are depending on me. I'm the only one who heard them. Please. Do you understand?
Hello? Hello?! Can you hear me?
Over?!
more tracks from the album
Before the Dawn (Live)
- Hounds of Love (Live) [Act One]
- The Morning Fog (Live) [Act Two]
- Prelude (Live) [Act Three]
- Prologue (Live) [Act Three]
- An Architect’s Dream (Live) [Act Three]
- The Painter’s Link (Live) [Act Three]
- Sunset (Live) [Act Three]
- Aerial Tal (Live) [Act Three]
- Somewhere in Between (Live) [Act Three]
- Tawny Moon (Live) [Act Three]
- Nocturn (Live) [Act Three]
- Aerial (Live) [Act Three]
- Among Angels (Live) [Act Three]
- Hello Earth (Live) [Act Two]
- Jig of Life (Live) [Act Two]
- Little Light (Live) [Act Two]
- Lily (Live) [Act One]
- King of the Mountain (Live) [Act One]
- Joanni (Live) [Act One]
- Top of the City (Live) [Act One]
- Never Be Mine (Live) [Act One]
- Running Up That Hill (Live) [Act One]
- Astronomer’s Call (Live) [Act Two]
- And Dream of Sheep (Live) [Act Two]
- Under Ice (Live) [Act Two]
- Waking the Witch (Live) [Act Two]
- Watching Them Without Her (Live) [Act Two]
- Watching You Without Me (Live) [Act Two]
- Cloudbusting (Live) [Act Three]
From the album
- Before the Dawn (Live) (2016)
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