Kate Bush – Them Heavy People

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Rolling (rolling) the ball, rolling (rolling) the ball, rolling (rolling) the ball to me
Rolling (rolling) the ball, rolling (rolling) the ball, rolling (rolling) the ball to me

They arrived at an inconvenient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself
I saw it well, I'd shut the people out of my life
So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind
For now I realize
Everyone of us has a heaven inside

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the ball (rolling), rolling the ball (rolling), rolling the ball to me

They open doorways that I thought were shut for good
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu
They build up my body, break me emotionally
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling!
I love the whirling of the dervishes
I love the beauty of rare innocence
You don't need no crystal ball
Don't fall for a magic wand
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the ball (rolling), rolling the ball(rolling), rolling the ball to me

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"Them Heavy People" as written by Kate Bush

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  • +5
    General Comment:I think, this song's about the realization of the fact, that all the people around are our own rtflections and if we don't like someone else's vices, we should try and find it inside of us, too. That way, all the people became our Wonderful Teachers! So, probably, it's about self-development and being a master of one's life.
    Flagged Luanceon February 01, 2010   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:I guess everybody interprets it the way it fits into their own mind and it is funny to read what everyone thinks.

    For me it seemed like she was singing about being in therapy, getting help from 'heavy people' therapist, psychologists, a lot of heavy talking to work on your mind. Rolling the ball to you because it's always up to you yourself to do the hard work in therapy. That's what I think and feel listening to this beautiful song.
    Flag Stickysenon December 26, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:^^ What strange ideas people have!

    Gurdjieff was a mystic - "work on my mind" is a reference to his "Fourth Way."
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    Flag John Johnstonon October 23, 2009   Link
  • -2
    General Comment:Actually I can see the masturbation angle:

    "Rollin' the ball"--a euphemism for female self-pleasure.
    "Inconvenient time/a room in my mind"--someone interrupting a jilling-off session
    "I must work on my mind"--figuring out what turns her on, fantasizing about things.
    "Every one of us have a heaven inside"--referring to the joy 'those parts' bring her.

    Unfortunately, the interpretation kind of falls apart in the second verse. But it is fun to be immature and giggle about it while it lasts.
    Flag ProfessorKnowItAllon July 27, 2008   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:To be fair, the masturbation ideas probably stem from the feeling most males get when listening to the first Kate Bush album, which is that of sneaking into the women's locker, or, perhaps, sneak-peeking into some kind of pornography intended only for women.
    However much I agree with these people (myself being one of them), I think this song is written about those people who radiate that certain allure, the kind of people you'd change yourself for, only to show them how good you are. I think the emotional breakdown she describes comes from the lack of self-respect that comes with such a deification, but at the end of the day, it turns out to be a lovely feeling indeed (doesn't it?).
    Flag happybecauseon July 19, 2008   Link
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  • +4
    General Comment:materbation? wtf? where do you people come up with this stuff.

    It's definitely about what trinity tragedy said its about. Meeting people, who offer up different ideas about the world, making the world seems shiney and new, getting the protagonist out of her teenage blues.

    So not cults either, I don't think.
    Flag goforgustoon May 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Think it's about cults like Jehova Witnesses, Pentecostals and other two-faced weirdos. Knocking at your door, wanting you to "open yourself" for what they say. Wonderful teachers and stupid little girl, hidden in her own world, ready to accept everything, true or lie, as long as it will be attractive. They're hitting everyone of us in soft spot - everyone of us needs something to believe in, needs new emotional feelings, needs to know The True. False or not, just to know and stop thinking. They "help" you with this. Making you their slave at the same time.

    Leaving the lyrics aside: great song, sounds very McCartneyish; I love it.
    Flag eMTeon June 26, 2007   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Uh, no. It's about the pursuit of knowledge and how it lifted her out of the teenage blues.
    Flag trinity_tragedyon March 21, 2007   Link
  • -5
    General Comment:its definitely about a girl who's masturbating. the title says a lot.. And she is talking about 'a heaven inside' , and 'a lovely feeling'.
    Flagged R4CH3Lon January 04, 2007   Link

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