Released: October 27, 1986
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Verse 1]
We were working secretly for the military
Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin
We only know in theory what we are doing
Music made for pleasure, music made to thrill
It was music we were making here, until...
[Chorus]
They told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake in the making
[Verse 2]
From the painful cry of mothers
To the terrifying scream
We recorded it and put it into our machine
[Chorus]
But they told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake that we're making
[Bridge]
It could feel like falling in love
It could feel so bad
But it could feel so good
It could sing you to sleep
But that dream is your enemy
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
We won't be there to be blamed
We won't be there to snitch
I just pray that someone there
Can hit the switch
[Chorus]
But they told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters were over in the red
It's a mistake we've made
[Outro]
And the public are warned to stay off
We were working secretly for the military
Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin
We only know in theory what we are doing
Music made for pleasure, music made to thrill
It was music we were making here, until...
[Chorus]
They told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake in the making
[Verse 2]
From the painful cry of mothers
To the terrifying scream
We recorded it and put it into our machine
[Chorus]
But they told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake that we're making
[Bridge]
It could feel like falling in love
It could feel so bad
But it could feel so good
It could sing you to sleep
But that dream is your enemy
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
We won't be there to be blamed
We won't be there to snitch
I just pray that someone there
Can hit the switch
[Chorus]
But they told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead, and the meters were over in the red
It's a mistake we've made
[Outro]
And the public are warned to stay off
more tracks from the album
The Other Sides
- Be Kind to My Mistakes
- December Will Be Magic Again
- Lyra
- Burning Bridge
- Experiment IV
- Show a Little Devotion
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) [2012 Remix]
- Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)
- One Last Look Around the House Before We Go...
- Ran Tan Waltz
- Un Baiser D’enfant
- You Want Alchemy
- Warm and Soothing
- Under the Ivy
- I’m Still Waiting
- Home for Christmas
- Walk Straight Down the Middle
- Ne T’enfuis Pas
- Passing Through Air
- Humming
From the albums
- The Whole Story (1986)
- This Woman’s Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (1990)
- Moments of Pleasure (1993)
- The Other Sides (2018)
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