1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,415 Performing "Firesmoke" off her album, 2 00:00:02,415 --> 00:00:04,190 "The Book of Traps and Lessons," 3 00:00:04,190 --> 00:00:06,701 please welcome to the show Kate Tempest. 4 00:00:14,981 --> 00:00:18,918 My visionary is a vision 5 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:22,355 I watch her dancing by the window 6 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:25,991 And it rips my flesh to ribbons 7 00:00:25,991 --> 00:00:28,494 And the whole world is just ripples 8 00:00:28,494 --> 00:00:30,896 In the middle, distant 9 00:00:30,896 --> 00:00:33,366 I listen to her hips 10 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:37,570 I push my kisses to her lips 11 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:41,874 We move like we were born to move 12 00:00:41,874 --> 00:00:45,712 The night is teeth and pistons 13 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:49,482 And there is something in this tenderness 14 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:51,967 That makes me want to live 15 00:00:53,453 --> 00:00:55,722 It's Firesmoke 16 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:58,324 Her mouth sets free this captive 17 00:00:58,324 --> 00:01:00,293 Come close to me 18 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:02,095 Free me 19 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:06,065 Untangle the madness that knots you 20 00:01:06,065 --> 00:01:07,633 You drop to your knees 21 00:01:07,633 --> 00:01:09,535 You crawl across me 22 00:01:09,535 --> 00:01:13,773 You lick your lips softly 23 00:01:13,773 --> 00:01:16,275 It's firesmoke 24 00:01:16,275 --> 00:01:17,710 So, go on 25 00:01:19,312 --> 00:01:20,312 Give me three days of your body and mine 26 00:01:21,914 --> 00:01:23,949 Time is a blind eye 27 00:01:23,949 --> 00:01:28,454 And I see your mind in my mind's eye 28 00:01:28,454 --> 00:01:31,323 You make me immortal 29 00:01:31,323 --> 00:01:32,992 You take me to space 30 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:37,557 You are a planet A place I've not known 31 00:01:37,596 --> 00:01:41,134 Your body is home to rare gods 32 00:01:41,134 --> 00:01:43,035 I kneel at their temple 33 00:01:43,035 --> 00:01:44,304 Blown to bits 34 00:01:44,304 --> 00:01:45,971 Gentle, ferocious 35 00:01:45,971 --> 00:01:49,308 We are open 36 00:01:49,308 --> 00:01:52,778 Explosives have nothing compared to these sparks 37 00:01:52,778 --> 00:01:55,392 So, let's fall apart 38 00:01:55,392 --> 00:01:57,832 And then, lie with me 39 00:01:57,850 --> 00:02:01,621 Breathing in the den of the dark 40 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:04,383 It's firesmoke 41 00:02:04,403 --> 00:02:07,193 Your mouth sets free this captive 42 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:09,095 Come close to me 43 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:10,630 Free me 44 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:15,201 Let me untangle the madness that knots you 45 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:16,803 I drop to my knees 46 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:19,038 I crawl across you 47 00:02:19,038 --> 00:02:23,209 I tell you I've got you 48 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:25,872 It's firesmoke The fire rises between us 49 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:32,851 It makes us get on the wrong train 50 00:02:32,851 --> 00:02:34,954 It makes us walk the wrong way 51 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:38,958 It makes strangers smile greetings on Lewisham Way 52 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,728 I bathe in this fire 53 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:43,763 It warms without burning 54 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:46,532 It compels without force 55 00:02:46,532 --> 00:02:48,088 And it turns without turning the world 56 00:02:49,763 --> 00:02:50,763 So, please 57 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:57,010 Keep your purpose, your poise, and your journey 58 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,545 I will be by the fire 59 00:02:59,545 --> 00:03:02,615 Thinking nothing I've learned can prepare me 60 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:06,185 For everything else that needs learning 61 00:03:06,185 --> 00:03:10,790 Is this how it feels to feel certain? 62 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:12,892 I don't know 63 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:18,030 It's just that for so many years my love's been a burden 64 00:03:18,030 --> 00:03:24,236 But now comes this fire to cleanse and restore us 65 00:03:24,236 --> 00:03:27,907 To fuel us and calm us 66 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:32,212 And push us both forwards 67 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:37,917 Forwards 68 00:03:39,785 --> 00:03:41,187 Kate Tempest, folks. 69 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:43,423 "The Book of Traps and Lessons" is out now.