| Kate Bush – Breathing Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I actually spoke to Kate Bush about this song. She was doing a rare signing at the Virgin Megastore in London and she signed my copy of this song. Breathing is written from the perspective of a baby in the womb waiting to be born into a polluted world. I specifically asked her about the line "I've been out before, but this time it's much safer in", and whether this implied the baby was conceived in a test tube. While she liked this suggestion, she said that she was actually referring to reincarnation and the baby's recollection of a previous life. So there. Glad to clear that up! |
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| Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Ok, here is the ***actual*** significance of "spare us the cutter". It is a reference to the film Clockwork Orange. In the film, a tramp asks the main character Alex "can you spare some cutter, me brother". He was begging and "cutter" means "money" in the "nadsat" slang used throughout the movie. I don't know what the song is about, that is DEFINATELY the origin of "spare us the cutter". |
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