Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005.

Versions

There is only one studio version of this song.
A live version appears on the album Before The Dawn.

Performances

The song was performed live as part of Kate’s Before The Dawn shows in London, 2014.

Cover versions

‘Nocturn’ was covered by Tous Les Oiseaux d’Europe.

Lyrics

On this Midsummer night
Everyone is sleeping
We go driving into the moonlight

Could be in a dream
Our clothes are on the beach
These prints of our feet
Lead right up to the sea
No one, no one is here
No one, no one is here
We stand in the Atlantic
We become panoramic
We tire of the city
We tire of it all
We long for just that something more

Could be in a dream
Our clothes are on the beach
The prints of our feet
Lead right up to the sea
No one, no one is here
No one, no one is here
We stand in the Atlantic
We become panoramic

The stars are caught in our hair
The stars are on our fingers
A veil of diamond dust
Just reach up and touch it
The sky’s above our heads
The sea’s around our legs
In milky, silky water
We swim further and further

We dive down… We dive down

A diamond night, a diamond sea
and a diamond sky…

We dive deeper and deeper
we dive deeper and deeper
Could be we are here
Could be in a dream
It came up on the horizon
Rising and rising
In a sea of honey, a sky of honey
A sea of honey, a sky of honey

Look at the light, all the time it’s a changing
Look at the light, climbing up the aerial
Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial
All the time it’s a changing, like now…
All the time it’s a changing, like then again…
All the time it’s a changing
And all the dreamers are waking

Credits

Drums: Peter Erskine
Bass: John Giblin
Guitars: Dan McIntosh
Keyboards: Kate
Hammond Organ: Gary Brooker
Additional Vocals: Lol Creme
Percussion: Bosco D’Oliveira