Sat in Your Lap – English Lyrics

• By: Kate Bush
• Album: The Dreaming

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a unique linguistic journey with Kate Bush's "Sat in Your Lap." This pioneering track, a departure from her earlier style, offers an exhilarating mix of tribal rhythms, unconventional vocals, and philosophical lyrics. Through its exploration of the human quest for knowledge and the challenge of commitment, you'll encounter a rich vocabulary and distinctive expressions, making it an engaging and special song for language learners to explore the depths of English artistry.

[English]

I see the people working

And see it working for them

And so I want to join in

But then I find it hurt me

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that knowledge is something that you never have

I see the people happy

So can it happen for me?

'Cause when I am unhappy

There's nothing that can move me

Some say that knowledge is something that you never have

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that Heaven is Hell

Some say that Hell is Heaven

I must admit, just when I think I'm king (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king, I must admit (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king (I just begin)

I've been doing it for years

My goal is moving near

Says, "Look, I'm over here"

Then it up and disappears

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho-ho

I want to be a lawyer

I want to be a scholar

But I really can't be bothered

Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it

Gimme-gimme-gimme-gimme

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho

Some say that Heaven is Hell

Some say that Hell is Heaven

I must admit, just when I think I'm king (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king, I must admit (I just begin)

Just when I think everything's going great (I just begin)

I get the break, hey, I'm gonna take it all (I just begin)

When I'm king (just begin)

In my dome of ivory

A home of activity

I want the answers quickly

But I don't have no energy

I hold a cup of wisdom

But there is nothing within

My cup, she never really floweth

'Tis I that moan and groaneth

Some grey and whiter matter

(Give me the karma, mama)

I'm coming up the ladder

Hey, I'm coming up the ladder

(A jet to Mecca) up the ladder

(Tibet or Jeddah, to Salisbury)

(A monastery, the longest journey)

Across the desert, across the weather

Across the elements, across the water

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