Watching You Without Me

Silent Echoes: Unseen Emotions in Kate Bush's 'Watching You Without Me'
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Lyrics

You can't hear me

You are not able to perceive my presence

You can't hear me

Reiteration of the inability to hear or perceive

You can't hear what I'm saying

My communication is not audible to you

You can't hear what I'm saying to you

You are unable to comprehend my message to you


You watch the clock

You observe the passage of time

Move the slow hand

Time seems to move slowly

I should have been home

I should have returned home by now

Hours ago

I am delayed, and it's been hours

But I'm not here

I am physically absent

But I'm not here

Emphasizing physical absence


You can't hear me

Continued emphasis on lack of auditory perception

You can't hear me

Repeated assertion of inability to hear

You can't feel me

You are unable to sense my presence

Here in the room with you now

Despite being in the same room, you can't feel my presence

You can't hear what I'm saying

Your hearing does not capture my words

You don't hear what I'm saying, do you?

Highlighting the lack of understanding


Can't let you know

I cannot reveal what has occurred

What's been happening

A situation has unfolded but remains undisclosed

There's a ghost in our home

A spectral presence is haunting our shared space

Just watching you without me

This ghostly observer watches you in my absence

I'm not here

Reiteration of physical non-presence

(You don't hear me)

(Reaffirming that you don't hear me)

But I'm not here (you can't hear me)

(Continued emphasis on inability to hear)

But I'm not here (you don't hear what I'm saying)

(Stressing the lack of comprehension)


Don't ignore, don't ignore me

Pleading not to be ignored

Let me?

Asking for acknowledgment and understanding

Don't ignore, don't ignore me

Repeated plea for attention

Let me?

Requesting to be heard and acknowledged

Don't ignore, don't ignore me

Continued plea for recognition

Let me?

Asking to be noticed

We see you here

We are aware of your presence


You don't hear me come in

Your awareness of my entrance is absent

Help me, baby, help me, baby, talk to me, listen to me

A plea for assistance, communication, and understanding

Listen to me, talk to me, help

Repetition of the need for attention and help

(You can't hear me)

(Reiteration of the inability to hear)

Listen, baby, listen to me, baby, help me, help me, baby

Requesting active listening and assistance

Talk to me! talk to me! please, baby, talk to me

Urgent appeal for communication

(You can't hear me)

(Reaffirming the inability to hear)

You won't hear me leaving

You will not notice my departure

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