Breathing

Outside
Gets inside ooh
Through her skin
I've been out before
But this time it's much safer in

Last night in the sky, ooh
Such a bright light
My radar send me danger
But my instincts tell me to keep

Breathing,
(out in out in out in)
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in

We've lost our chance
We're the first and the last, ooh
After the blast
Chips of Plutonium
Are twinkling in every lung

I love my
Beloved, ooh
All and everywhere,
Only the fools blew it
You and me
Knew life itself is

Breathing,
(out in out in out in)
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in,

(background narration)
"In point of fact it is possible to tell the difference between a small nuclear explosion and a large one by a very simple method. The calling card of a nuclear bomb is the blinding flash that is far more dazzling than any light on earth, brighter even than the sun itself, and it is by the duration of this flash that we are able to determine the size of the weapon. After the flash a fireball can be seen to rise, sucking up under it the debris, dust and living things around the area of the explosion,  and as this ascends, it soon becomes recognisable as the familiar "mushroom cloud". As a demonstration of the flash duration test let's try and count the number of seconds for the flash emitted by a very small bomb; then a more substantial, medium-sized bomb; and finally, one of our very powerful,
'high-yield' bombs"

(What are we going to do without?)
Ooh please,
(What are we going to do without?)
Let me breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Ooh quick, breathe in deep!
(We are all going to die without)
Oh, leave me something to breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Oh, leave me something to breathe!
(We are all going to die without)
Oh god please leave us something to breathe!
(What are we going to do without?)
Oh, life is...
Breathing


©1980 Kate Bush Music Ltd.