Kate Bush: Coffee Homeground Meaning

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   Mar 8th 2012 !⃝

   Words Written Over Coffee - The Riot Before
   
   
   Pages filled cover the floor all covered up with ink
   Words written over coffee document my struggling
   Those mornings spent sitting alone mourning alone in grief
   For all I killed in search of honesty
   
   He writes about the troubles he has experienced while he drinks his extra bold coffee. Perhaps his entire town persecuted him. He could have been lied to over & over again and called crazy for his thoughts regarding his trauma. This would be considered a significant struggle and one which warrants a massive purging. He obviously chooses to write about his devastating background rather than ignoring it all. If he attempts to talk about it to anyone, he knows he will be labeled insane again. He has decided NOT to do this because he thought that process was simply "no fun". He kills lots of time in search of the truth...
   
   See I used to be a mustard seed shouting at the mountain
   I used to hang my head when it stayed far from the ocean
   I used to claim its failure and from the depths of depression
   I cried to god but god did not respond
   
   He used to be a teensy believer in Love. He would shout at the mountain climbers to have faith in Love as they went on their spiritual quests for knowledge & enlightenment. He became forlorn when he was not able to swim in the sea. When he was far away from the ocean, he would tell people that it didn't even exist simply because HE couldn't see it. Narcissist. He sunk into a deep depression as he stopped believing in things he could not visualize. He told people that Love was a monstrous fraud and that it is IMAGINARY. He cried out for help to his loved ones and no one listened to him. They just told him to shut up because he was certifiably nuts and that he should watch it cuz the people of Senegal were out to get him too.
   
   Like a barrel chested strongman I suspended disbelief
   I held it high over my head though all the weight was staggering
   But legs buckled and muscles burned, in came gravity
   I dropped it all, faced what I'd been avoiding
   
   He tried to elevate his feelings of despair and emptiness, but to no avail. The weight of the world's entire madness was crushing him. The thieving liars, the phonies bolognas, the evil captains of industry, the fake-friends, the anti-humanity pious religiosos, the frightening greedy pharmacists; virtually everyone he knew was rotten to the core. Gravity became a beast to him. He had difficulty standing up to fight this catastrophic force of extreme damnation. He had no choice but to wallow in the bowels of his grief. He had to cry, weep and write about it all.
   
   For many years I walked that road, for many years I tried
   So earnestly I sought the relationship advertised
   But my empty hands, my empty heart, could no longer be denied
   Yeah I quit, I forfeit eternal life
   
   For many years he tried sincerely to see the beauty in the feces. He wanted to behold the light by gaping the inherent goodness located in mankind. He wished for a relationship with something/someone that resembled Love. He thinks that many times the advertising industry seems bogus because they can't live up to their promises. He feels totally empty and he isn't going to deny those feelings any longer. He quits believing in eternal Love because it only hurts him. He is mad at the world because he thinks so much of life is a gigantic farce. He wants to quit living and his daily grind. He is telling us of his misery.
   
   I did not take inheritance when I left to go away
   I did what was commanded when that rich man asked to be saved
   I left my friends my family behind all for heaven's sake
   I am no prodigal and this is no mistake
   
   He left his money somewhere else when he went away to write of his sorrows. He did what was asked of him when the rich people pushed him around. He departed from his friends and family because he wanted to figure out the mystery of heaven. He is not nor has he ever been wastefully extravagant so trying to teach him some lesson seems really stupid of whomever is imposing it upon him. He is trying to tell us that he is honest that all of this happened to him and he did not make it up.
   
   So I'm sorry mom I'm sorry dad, I really want you to be proud
   Don't want to disappoint you all, don't want to let you down
   But I have stopped searching for truth hiding behind heaven's cloud
   Don't save my place, of this race I do bow out
   
   He is explaining to his family that he is finished seeking truth and Love. He is so tired of searching for answers. He is sorry to have to let them down but he believes that true beauty does not exist. He thinks his paradise & Zion- a safe & spiritual homeland- is just a mirage. He sounds very angry here and who likes anger. Not me. He is saying, I am no longer going to run in this marathon of nothingness so you can find someone else to take my spot in the race.
   
   Man. Heavy song. I like it, but if I were him I would not give up so easily. ;)

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