WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.415 Performing "Firesmoke" off her album, 00:00:02.415 --> 00:00:04.190 "The Book of Traps and Lessons," 00:00:04.190 --> 00:00:06.701 please welcome to the show Kate Tempest. 00:00:14.981 --> 00:00:18.918 My visionary is a vision 00:00:18.918 --> 00:00:22.355 I watch her dancing by the window 00:00:22.355 --> 00:00:25.991 And it rips my flesh to ribbons 00:00:25.991 --> 00:00:28.494 And the whole world is just ripples 00:00:28.494 --> 00:00:30.896 In the middle, distant 00:00:30.896 --> 00:00:33.366 I listen to her hips 00:00:33.366 --> 00:00:37.570 I push my kisses to her lips 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:41.874 We move like we were born to move 00:00:41.874 --> 00:00:45.712 The night is teeth and pistons 00:00:45.712 --> 00:00:49.482 And there is something in this tenderness 00:00:50.967 --> 00:00:51.967 That makes me want to live 00:00:53.453 --> 00:00:55.722 It's Firesmoke 00:00:55.722 --> 00:00:58.324 Her mouth sets free this captive 00:00:58.324 --> 00:01:00.293 Come close to me 00:01:00.293 --> 00:01:02.095 Free me 00:01:02.095 --> 00:01:06.065 Untangle the madness that knots you 00:01:06.065 --> 00:01:07.633 You drop to your knees 00:01:07.633 --> 00:01:09.535 You crawl across me 00:01:09.535 --> 00:01:13.773 You lick your lips softly 00:01:13.773 --> 00:01:16.275 It's firesmoke 00:01:16.275 --> 00:01:17.710 So, go on 00:01:19.312 --> 00:01:20.312 Give me three days of your body and mine 00:01:21.914 --> 00:01:23.949 Time is a blind eye 00:01:23.949 --> 00:01:28.454 And I see your mind in my mind's eye 00:01:28.454 --> 00:01:31.323 You make me immortal 00:01:31.323 --> 00:01:32.992 You take me to space 00:01:32.992 --> 00:01:37.557 You are a planet A place I've not known 00:01:37.596 --> 00:01:41.134 Your body is home to rare gods 00:01:41.134 --> 00:01:43.035 I kneel at their temple 00:01:43.035 --> 00:01:44.304 Blown to bits 00:01:44.304 --> 00:01:45.971 Gentle, ferocious 00:01:45.971 --> 00:01:49.308 We are open 00:01:49.308 --> 00:01:52.778 Explosives have nothing compared to these sparks 00:01:52.778 --> 00:01:55.392 So, let's fall apart 00:01:55.392 --> 00:01:57.832 And then, lie with me 00:01:57.850 --> 00:02:01.621 Breathing in the den of the dark 00:02:01.621 --> 00:02:04.383 It's firesmoke 00:02:04.403 --> 00:02:07.193 Your mouth sets free this captive 00:02:07.193 --> 00:02:09.095 Come close to me 00:02:09.095 --> 00:02:10.630 Free me 00:02:10.630 --> 00:02:15.201 Let me untangle the madness that knots you 00:02:15.201 --> 00:02:16.803 I drop to my knees 00:02:16.803 --> 00:02:19.038 I crawl across you 00:02:19.038 --> 00:02:23.209 I tell you I've got you 00:02:23.209 --> 00:02:25.872 It's firesmoke The fire rises between us 00:02:29.048 --> 00:02:32.851 It makes us get on the wrong train 00:02:32.851 --> 00:02:34.954 It makes us walk the wrong way 00:02:34.954 --> 00:02:38.958 It makes strangers smile greetings on Lewisham Way 00:02:38.958 --> 00:02:41.728 I bathe in this fire 00:02:41.728 --> 00:02:43.763 It warms without burning 00:02:43.763 --> 00:02:46.532 It compels without force 00:02:46.532 --> 00:02:48.088 And it turns without turning the world 00:02:49.763 --> 00:02:50.763 So, please 00:02:52.438 --> 00:02:57.010 Keep your purpose, your poise, and your journey 00:02:57.010 --> 00:02:59.545 I will be by the fire 00:02:59.545 --> 00:03:02.615 Thinking nothing I've learned can prepare me 00:03:02.615 --> 00:03:06.185 For everything else that needs learning 00:03:06.185 --> 00:03:10.790 Is this how it feels to feel certain? 00:03:10.790 --> 00:03:12.892 I don't know 00:03:12.892 --> 00:03:18.030 It's just that for so many years my love's been a burden 00:03:18.030 --> 00:03:24.236 But now comes this fire to cleanse and restore us 00:03:24.236 --> 00:03:27.907 To fuel us and calm us 00:03:27.907 --> 00:03:32.212 And push us both forwards 00:03:35.381 --> 00:03:37.917 Forwards 00:03:39.785 --> 00:03:41.187 Kate Tempest, folks. 00:03:41.187 --> 00:03:43.423 "The Book of Traps and Lessons" is out now.