experiment iv - lyrics???

[Jeff Marold <jmarold@netlink.cts.COM>]

eric.walker@channel1.com (Eric Walker) writes:

> 
> UG>I hope there is answer to this, the QUINTESSENTIAL Kate Bush question -
> UG>in Experiment IV the lyric says "so they told us that they wanted a noise
> UG>that would kill someone form a distance, so ............. ??????!!!!!!!!!
> 
> As far as I can tell, the lyric goes something like:
> 
>      They told us what they wanted
>      Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
>      So we go ahead (?)
>      And the meters are over in the red -
>      It's a mistake in the making!
> 
> That third line is still confusing.  It sounds like "So we go ahead,"
> but that's poor grammar.  "So we'll go ahead," perhaps?
> 
> "Go ahead" obviously meaning "Given the go-ahead," as in given
> permission to proceed.
> ---
>  ~ SLMR 2.1a ~ Calcium Anthropology: The study of milkmen.
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As a result of my original POST I got 2 e-mails that said the last line 
was "It was a mistake that we were making."

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