You needn't get heavy with them

This song celebrates the true power, strength and beauty of women everywhere.

True to form Kate tackles the subject with her trademark intelligence and grace. Rather than ranting and raving about the unequal treatment of women by men, she encourages us to stop the game-playing and simply be ourselves.

Lost in your men and the games you play
Trying to prove that you're better woman
But you needn't get heavy with them

She feels that femininity is a powerful force to be valued by women rather than denied, after all:

There's room for a life in your womb, woman,
Inside of you, can be two, woman

Like it or not we were built tough
Because we're woman

Some may find the idea that women are being celebrated solely for their baby-making abilities patronising, but I enjoy the imagery and feel that she is highlighting an obvious example of our capabilities as if to say "you are capable of creating life, imagine what else you can do" so...

Hey get up on your feet and go get it now

Check out the Kate Bush Dance Troupe and their creative interpretation of the song. Loving the fake pregnancy bellies!

Stuck in the Mud

This song communicates perfectly the frustration we all feel at some time in our lives when our pursuits fail to come to fruition, or at least not quickly enough, we find ourselves asking "can I have it all now?"

Suddenly my feet are feet of mud.
It all goes slo-mo.
I don't know why I'm crying.
Am I suspended in Gaffa?

As a result that self-doubt begins to creep in:

That girl in the mirror.
Between you and me
She don't stand a chance of getting anywhere at all.

It's not all doom and gloom though, as we are gently reminded that it will happen but "not until i'm ready for you". I have taken to singing this line to Spence- my very ambitious animator boyfriend who at times feels like he is wading through mud in the pursuit of his dream.

Do you know you have the face of a genius?

Suicide and Incest
Penned by Kate when she was just 17 years old, many view this as a lyrical suicide note written from the point of view of a girl who falls pregnant by her brother. She is killing herself to save him from the shame of their pregnancy: "This kicking here inside, makes me leave you behind"

A Star is Born
I like to think of this as Kate's farewell note to her former life in light of her impending fame. "This kicking here inside (her creative urges) makes me leave you behind", "Your sister I was born-you must lose me Like an arrow shot into the killer storm" of stardom.

Either way, the way she sings "old mythology he'd read" at 1.44 is bloody brilliant.