Lyrics for Wuthering Heights as interpreted by redmax

Wuthering Heights Lyrics
Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green.
You had a temper like my jealousy:
Too hot, too greedy.
How could you leave me,
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too.

Bad dreams in the night.
They told me I was going to lose the fight,
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely,
On the other side from you.
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Falls through without you.
I'm coming back, love.
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream,
My only master.

Too long I roam in the night.
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right.
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights,

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
You know it's me--Cathy!

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!

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PunKinDrubliC
03-10-2002

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Well I would think it's pretty obvious that this song is about Wuthering Heights (der) Listening to this song prompted me to read Wuthering Heights but so far it's confusing the hell out of me.

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KFurber
04-30-2002

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This song is so beautiful. It's about this painful, impossible love that is shared by Cathy and Heathcliff. Cathy trys to posses him, but their love is bound for tradgedy from the beginning, and she dies and haunts him till he joins her. It promted me to read the book aswell, and i failed the first time, but i made another attempt and really enjoyed it the second time.

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Pey
07-10-2002

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Lovely song :)


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rainbow8711
08-19-2002

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this is amazing- i never have got over how high her voice is though! i could listen to this again and again, the orchestration is beyond belief.

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winterycappy
10-05-2002

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I think Kate wrote Wuthering Heights based on the ending of the novel. The part when Catherine Earnshaw comes back for Heathcliff's soul. I think I'm not sure, but Catherine dies and comes back as some kind of ghost, and breaks heathcliff's window with her hands. She comes back for his soul so they can spend eternal life with each other. Wow now thats possesive. Overall this song is one of my fav Kate songs. Its gorgeous and stunning.

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Sycophant
03-13-2003

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I love the book......read it like 5 times. and oh i love kate hehe. This is about the end of the book :)

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Lady_Lazarus
05-16-2004

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The moon is full as an egg. I have slipped out past my keeper, into the corridor. Appalling beams pin me into the light. I remember, I was in her room last night - or the night before - in a white dress, the one he used to like me wearing. I looked into the glass and saw an elfin pale face. I tore the veil and let the lace drift to the floor like wounded doves. Now I know what I must do; the candle, the flames - the cold black ruins.

I can see Tia, crying, the luke warm blood seeping down my brow. Jump from fire, into the night's cool embrace.

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regardemylasheskgm
06-12-2004

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this is the most beautiful song i hve heard, and i have never read the book or heard of it (well id heard of it but nothing of the plot) what a beautiful voice and you can feel her emotions just thro her voice even without knowing any backgroun dknowledge

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sparklegirl895
06-19-2004

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this is my favorite song of all time, i heard 2 minutes of it last november on a 100 Greatest number ones tv show (it was number 49) and I thought wow! It is obviously about the book and I was inspired to read it by this song, it took me quite a while as I am only fourteen! But i loved it probably my favourite book as well! (the films not bad either, but not the original, laurence olivier's great but merle oberon just isn't cathy. Juliette binoche was amazing)

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Lici
10-12-2004

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This was the first song i ever heard by Kate and my first impressions were obviously complete wonderment as a result of her extremely high voice! After i got over how wonderfully unique and strange she seemed, i discovered how artistic and talented she was. I am a huge Kate Bush fan and love all of her work, but the way she almost became Cathy in this song was just so clever. She brought the character to life and portrayed her perfectly both in the video, and also vocally.

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GirlInformMe
10-20-2004

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Wuthering Heights can be a confusing novel at times, but this song actually helps to clear things up slightly.

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happyphantom
02-11-2005

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I love this song, it literally makes my hairs stand on end. I think reading the book makes it all the more poignant, because despite the lyrics this song still sounds like a fairly 'normal' love song (I use the word normal in the loosest sense possible), but the book is pretty disturbing which makes this song more chilling I think.

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mrsjcasablancas
02-27-2005

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nah its about the bit wher shes at the window when hes havin the nightmare in like CH3 or 4 (the chorus is anyways).

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em2000
02-28-2005

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love the book! when i read it i had this in my head the whole time in chapter 3 or 4 as someone says above when cathy comes to his window at night. interesting song too, how does she sing so high!??

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Anime_Mist
04-15-2005

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I'm going to read the book... Who knows where we can download the song? I heard it once, in schoo...

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ieatwinkies
05-09-2005

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I first heard this song at the tender age of eight, and it's stuck with me through the rest of my life.
I remember everything about the day, this is truly one of those songs that stays with you forever and makes you remember and feel.

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werumm
09-04-2005

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Wow, thanks "winterycappy" and the rest of you fucking imbeciles writing out spoilers. Thanks for ruining the best novel I've ever only half read. And to the people who can't read the novel for lack of understanding, fuck you. You have neither the sensitivity nor the intelligence to comprehend the passions of Miss Bronte. It's not like it's Shakspear anyway- it's a pretty straight foward read. Go and play video games like good kiddies.

Anyway this song is truely haunting and achingly beautiful. I'm reading the novel now with it playing in the background. Catherine has just died..and now it seems I know how it ends and I guess a part of me is thankful..

Heathcliff is a beautiful character, as is the wild Catherine who so much reminds me of my very first love. I have been bought to tears not a few times so far in the novel reminiscing about times spent with her. This song arises in me the passion to try again and obtain that which was lost.

I wish the same for all here.

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werumm
09-04-2005

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also, Ive always heard the lyric as "Heathcliff, it's me YOUR Cathy" That might not be the correct lyric but that's the way it SHOULD have been.

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frogcola
09-05-2005

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Before reading the actual lyrics I was sure there were double meanings in this song, because it seems very suggestive of child abuse. But lo and behold it really isn't. Kate Bush is a heroine for certain, and this song gives me chills. I'd like to obtain the video for this song, if anyone has it on soulseek.

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boss_2k
10-05-2005

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Amazing.

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CharmingMan
11-09-2005

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This song has stuck with me since seeing Kate perform it on Top of the Pops on a Thursday in 1978. A 19 year old performing live whilst dancing in a ballet style itself was mesmerising.. It was one of the perfromances that came from left field at the time - completely different and unique against a backdrop of punk rock and disco. A song about a famous British Novel - who would think of that being a success. The record company were against the idea of the song and she apparently cried until they agreed. It of course went to number 1 after 2 weeks. The video for this fits the song - she dances in a hippy style outfit in a field around the edge of the forest. For a 19 year to write, sing, dance and play on the song and co-produce was and still is an extraordinary feat. A truly one-off in terms of vocal ability, charm and artistic ability.

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eminence=front
12-19-2005

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haha werumm calm down, you didnt have to read that comment you know hahahaahaha

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live*love*dream
01-10-2006

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werumm- it's Shakespeare- not shakespear and if you think you're so god damn itelligent you should at least know how to spell that- and stop bitching, they weren't trying to ruin your novel

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live*love*dream
01-10-2006

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intelligent* typo

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werumm
01-13-2006

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hahahaha I always love it when people mispell "intelligent"..oh the irony! :P

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