Kate Bush — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 93 songs across 9 albums by Kate Bush. They use 2,387 unique words out of 9,777 (lexical richness MATTR 0.66), with an average of 105 content words per song. Emotional tone: 70% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 29% negative.
Most used words by Kate Bush
- love (191)
- let (134)
- know (107)
- want (103)
- see (95)
- life (79)
- come (69)
- big (65)
- one (63)
- feel (59)
- little (52)
- sky (51)
- say (51)
- away (49)
- night (48)
- rolling (48)
- light (45)
- woman (45)
- look (44)
- lovely (44)
Signature phrases
- “haw hee haw” (19)
- “hee haw hee” (19)
- “joy bring joy” (13)
- “bring joy bring” (13)
- “girl rubberband girl” (13)
- “rubberband girl rubberband” (13)
- “great big cloud” (13)
- “walking big sky” (13)
- “big cloud walking” (13)
- “cloud walking big” (13)
Colors in the lyrics
- red (33)
- black (10)
- silver (10)
- white (8)
- blue (7)
- brown (6)
- crimson (3)
- rose (3)
Albums analyzed
- The Kick Inside (1978)
- Lionheart (1978)
- Never for Ever (1980)
- The Dreaming (1982)
- Hounds of Love (1985)
- The Sensual World (1989)
- The Red Shoes (1993)
- Aerial (2005)
- 50 Words for Snow (2011)