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And the idea that they've got it in their head that they mustn't fall asleep, because if you fall asleep when you're in the water, I've heard that you roll over and so you drown, so they're trying to keep themselves awake. And they're absolutely terrified, and they're completely alone at the mercy of their imagination, which again I personally find such a terrifying thing, the power of ones own imagination being let loose on something like that. And they've got a life jacket with a little light so that if anyone should be traveling at night they'll see the light and know they're there. And I find that horrific imagery, the thought of being completely alone in all this water. But the idea is that they've been on a ship and they've been washed over the side so they're alone in this water.
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It's the idea of this person being in the water, how they've got there, we don't know. According to a 1992 interview with Radio One, KB conceptualized the b side like this:Īnd really, for me, from the beginning, The Ninth Wave was a film, that's how I thought of it. I think your interpretation is exactly right. The b side of that album is so weird and so good.
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I think it’s a real testament to Kate’s writing ability that there’s so many interpretations to even just a small part on the album!! The entire thing was so incredible and I love all the deeper meanings, she really is insanely talented. It might be a completely different story, but I thought it made sense within the past-present-future idea and the line “one with the ocean and the woman unfurled” seems to directly connect it to the drowning storyline. “Jig of Life” was a bit more confusing, but I saw it as the drowning woman hallucinating her future self talking to her and convincing her to live. Then “Watching You Without Me” is her imagining herself returning as a ghost in the present, where no one can see or hear her and she’s trying to talk to her partner/loved ones but she’s unable to reach them.
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I saw “Under the Ice” as a prelude like you said, with “Waking the Witch” telling the story of the woman hallucinating herself as part of a witch trial (which would be in the past) as she drowns. I interpreted it a bit differently though, I saw “ Waking The Witch - Watching You Without Me - Jig of Life” as the main trio, sort of representing past-present-future in a way? I also listened to Hounds of Love during the “Running Up That Hill” renaissance, and noticed the drowning theme too. And if you like Kate's deeper tracks you should give these another listen with the lyrics in front of you.Īnd of course the rest of the album was fantastic, too. And she made such an emotional journey out of it! I feel like I haven't listened to an album that really took me by surprise like that. I started to feel all these feelings for the people out there who've lost people in tragic ways and how hard it is to go through their death or recovery. The end when the voice is begging her to wake up and she end the song with "You won't hear me leaving" just made me tear up. You don't hear what I'm saying, do you?*Meanwhile her partner visits back and forth, hoping and waiting. Kate's mind is alive, but her body is not as she desperately tries to communicate.*You can't feel me Here in the room with you now. The song ends with a callback to her being saved, and it's unclear what the outcome was. I imagined this as a sort of final judgement - is her soul worth saving? These spiritual voices have already begun ritual/chanting, but Kate begs to be forgiven. Then comes a sort of hallucination / visions of death trying to creep in. You can hear the love and worry as they hope she doesn't give up trying to come back to life. Waking The Witch then starts with voices and lines that loves ones, friends, nurses would say to someone who was trying to regain consciousness from some sort of coma. (This feels like a prelude to the next two tracks). She screams for help, but begins losing consciousness. Under Ice begins with a woman, skating alone over a frozen lake and falls in, under the ice. These were pretty heavy and creative tracks. By the end of the third track I just started tearing up! I had to listen to it twice, and the second time with lyrics. I'm one of those newly imported Kate Bush fans from Stranger Things, but hear me out: I was not ready for the Under Ice - Waking The Witch - Watching You Without Me trilogy.