Cole, Paula - Hush, Hush, Hush Lyrics






Long white arms
losing their strength and form
sixty-year man on twenty year old skin

skeleton, your eyes have lost their warmth
look to your father for some support

hush, hush, hush
says your daddy's touch
sleep sleep sleep
says the hundredth sheep
peace peace peace
may you go in peace

cruel old joke
waited so long to show
the one that you wanted wasn't a girl

all your life
you kept it hidden inside
now when you step you stumble, you die

[Refrain]

oh maye next time
you'll be Henry VIII
wake up tomorrow
and dawn to the great

open your eyes
and a new life will begin
oh maybe next you'll begin with a chance

hush hush hush

hush hush hush

hush hush hush
oh hush hush hush
oh hush





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  1. G.... D....

    For everyone bashing tv and Charmed, for a lot of us that's how we found this gorgeous song. And I'm one of them. This has since become so dear to me. And I'm grateful that tv and Charmed exposed me to it. Regardless of how you find a song, what does it matter? The point is you found it. And hopefully in some way it changes you. We all can agree on that.

  2. J.... Z....

    Got me through my teens. An amazing ballad !

  3. G.... D....

    This song just takes me to a spiritual place. I never tire of hearing it. God bless you Paula.

  4. G.... D....

    A song can mean different things to different people. And each person may be exposed to it from different sources. For me it was Charmed. That's what I picture when I hear this. And it give me chills. I respect that it was written about a child dying of aids. But I have no connection to it from that perspective. And for me that doesn't diminish the song or its meaning to me. That's the beauty of music. It can transform into what you need it to be. God bless those struggling with Aids, God bless those who feel the heartache of love and loss. No matter where this song found you or how it has touched you we all can appreciate it's haunting beauty.

  5. S.... J....

    I've loved this song since the flip side dual side one cassette tape of "Where have all the Cowboys Gone"

  6. D.... G....

    As cool as it was, that Holly and John Cho kissed, it's the music that made it GREAT !!

  7. G.... D....

    I love piper and Leo. But if not leo then mark. They would have made an amazing couple. Maybe as perfect as her and leo. This song breaks my heart in the most chilling and amazing way possible.

  8. B.... ....

    Part that starts at 2:52 makes me cry every time.

    B.... ....

    It's absolutely chilling in the most beautiful way!

  9. V.... ....

    Thank you Paula Cole. I just learned that you dedicate this song every time you play it to Stephen "Maxxxine" Mack. Blessed Be! I was lucky enough to live with him for a time at "7th Heaven". His was a beautiful soul who touched everyone he ever met.

  10. H.... t....

    Who wrote this song ? Maybe Peter for Paula ??

    H.... t....

    Paula Cole wrote the song which she was inspired to write due to a friend who was (and did) die of AIDS. He was apparently the first person she knew who passed away from the disease. I lived with that person, and she apparently continues to dedicate this to him every time she performs it. Blessed Be Stephen!
    It is NOT a LOVE SONG for lovers. It is a dying boy in his fathers' arms who didn't even know that person was gay, let alone on death's doorstep.

  11. H.... t....

    Paula Cole....i saw her with Peter...Umbelievable !!

  12. R.... T....

    so peaceful now that I hear this song I wish I can download

  13. L.... M....

    I think that if mark was not dead i think pipper would marry him and i always cry at that part R.I.P MARK AND R.I.P Mikeper

  14. R.... ....

    Holly marie combs actually is a huge fan of paula cole and this type of lesbian music and she chose the song during the charmed episode when it played in the background. Even before holly got executive power on the show, she somehow concinved the producers to use a lot of songs that holly loved. And after she got executive power the enire show was filled with this type of paula cole lesbian type of hipster songs.

  15. m.... a....

    The ultimate power pairing,
    A song of a lifetime.

  16. S.... F....

    I love Charmed .... Rendezvous mit einem Geist
    Forever

  17. H.... B....

    Paula Cole is one of the most talented people on earth

  18. C.... S....

    I'm here from research I'm doing on the AIDS crisis. This song is beautiful and heartbreaking.

  19. R.... M....

    I am a Peter Gabriel fan... But when Paula sings, you got ears to nothing but her beautiful, strong and real heavenly voice.

  20. T.... F....

    Paula Cole.. created a beautiful song.. she is a true artist

  21. m.... w....

    touching and true

  22. P.... ....

    Charmed Dead Man Dating one of my fav episodes love this song as well as Sand and Water by Beth Chapmen when Mark passes away.

    P.... ....

    PsychoFreek04 that moment when he talks about his father ...

  23. S.... D....

    So sad and beautiful...

  24. A.... C....

    ❤️😳

  25. D.... C....

    When Piper and Mark kissed to this on Charmed 😢😭

  26. D.... L....

    Thank You Paula for such a beautiful song, and work of art.

  27. I.... B....

    The dad is holding his dying son - 60 yr. man on 20 yr. old skin. Later the song says that the one you wanted wasn't a girl because his son was gay and dying of aids. Truly it is a sad song.

    I.... B....

    is this what the songs about?

    I.... B....

    @isken joshua Yes, that is what Annie Lennox said when she sang this song. She spoke to the song writer on the phone. We could see that in the video.

  28. R.... H....

    really nice song I hate how it reminds me of my sucky past life and how it really does suck sometimes I cant let it go

    R.... H....

    I told my sister to speak what she wanted in her future and do it. she wanted something simple - to go to Florida, but who take care of our mom, me, I volunteered. She went, had fun. She came back and said she fell in love with the place and is moving there next year.

    I taught her to SAY "I'm going to Florida" instead of I can't go to Florida. Little by little, she started to think differently about her sucky life here in Texas.

    God willing, I'm retiring in London along with two other American ladies, in a few years. Next spring we are meeting with a realtor in London. Say what you want, do it, get help doing it and keep saying it until it comes true. What have you got to lose?

    R.... H....

    @Ryan Huntington Go for it young man. Say what you want in your future and go for it because it will shrink your past. Carol

    R.... H....

    I never new anyone that died of this desease but its also never nice when people die

  29. s.... K....

    Brings back so many childhood memories .Love her voice and where have all the cowboys gone is one of my favourite songs of all time!

  30. D.... K....

    Such an underrated singer. She has an amazing vocal range.

  31. R.... C....

    this song is so beautiful i love it and i always been a fan of charmed ^__^

  32. M.... ....

    I love you Paula and Peter

  33. L.... O....

    Charmed!

  34. M.... S....

    thanks to charmed and shazaam I'm here

  35. L.... ....

    2:51 to the end is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

    L.... ....

    @Fatima502
     Oooo, give me some Carpenters songs to check out.

    L.... ....

    +LuKasAV6 The last 45 seconds of "Happy". I also think of the closing to “Goodbye to Love". Both melt me in a similar way.

    L.... ....

    Comoletely agree

    L.... ....

    @luKasAV6...Yeah, it's beautiful !! If ya want, listen to the last 45 seconds, or so, of Numb, by The Pet Shop Boys...It's TRULY, Exceedingly Beautiful, IMHO !!

    L.... ....

    Its absolutely soul chilling. There's just melodies that can touch you in places nothing else can. And for me this is one of those melodies. Addicted to it.

  36. J.... G....

    Love this song.  Thanks for posting this.  I knew it was about AIDS.

  37. X.... ....

    Charmed - Dead Man Dating. Love this!!

    X.... ....

    +Jupiter Thunder do you know what the song they used on the Netflix version?

  38. S.... G....

    Great that Charmed brought many of you here... Awesome show... But this song also deserves attention given regarding what it is about... A young man dying of AIDS in his father's arms... That is what Paula wrote it about... Annie Lenox and Herbie Hancock also recorded a cover of this song in 2005 which is spectacular... Annie Lenox is a tireless musician HIV/AIDS patient advocate...

    S.... G....

    Great comment. Sometimes I get frustrated when people reduce song (especially one as gorgeous and meaningful as this) to background music for some show.

    S.... G....

    People who were "HIV positive" were murdered with pharmaceuticals such as AZT. Ask yourself why there isn't an AIDS pandemic even though young people have sex all the time without condoms ? AIDS was a well played hoax. The smart people got off the drugs Big Pharma was pushing thru the Healthkill system. Doctors are legal death dealers. Vaccines ? Vaccines contain aluminum & mercury adjuvants, formaldehyde & other carcinogens. Heavy metals migrate to the brain causing brain injury, diseases & death. Vaccines also contain hormone disruptors that are purposely manipulating the sexuality of developing children for population control. Epilepsy, Autism, Alzheimer's & Parkinson's are all caused by heavy metal poisoning of the brain. Why does the FDA allow aluminum to be used for food & beverage containers ? Antiperspirants & deodorants contain aluminum, hormone disruptors & carcinogens. Breast cancer is caused by antiperspirants & deodorants ! If you can't see there is a conspiracy orchestrated by the banking cartel that controls all governments then you are blind. They orchestrate all wars for population control & profit. WW3 is meant to kill off billions. Nuclear weapons are a hoax. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl & Fukushima are all elaborate hoaxes. Notice how all 4 areas are out of public view? The Vampire elite have to live on this earth so of course they wouldn't poison the planet with nuclear fallout. Nuclear threat is a ruse to start WW3. Nikola Tesla is the grandfather of Directed Energy which is used to create all weather & geo disasters. Clean Directed Energy can be used to incinerate large areas then the news media propaganda machine will lie & say a nuclear attack has happened. The floods of 1927 were engineered to create bigger government for control ! The Dust Bowl was also engineered. Engineered weather is destroying crops & homes. Fracking is poisoning ground water. The nations dams & levees are in disrepair so it won't take much to bust them wide open. Control food & water then herd us into FEMA Death camps. The Vampire elite want to kill off 6.8 billion people to bring the world population down to a more manageable 500 million master n servant Orwellian Utopia.

    Space the final frontier to boldly go where no man has gone before because all space programs are a sham. It's impossible to pass thru the Van Allen Radiation Belt. They want us to believe space aliens exist so when they stage a fake War of the Worlds alien invasion the commoners will believe it. They have unearthed bones from Nephilim Giants, cloned them & cross hybridized them with animals to create Beastly hybrids. Lycans, Demonic looking winged reptilians, Cat People, ALIENS & who knows what else. Satan is referred to as a Dragon so by cross hybridizing species.....ENTER THE DRAGON !!!

    Woe to earth & sea for the Devil sends his wrath because he knows his time is short. Satan & his Demons know they will soon die so they are going to take their vengeance out on us.

  39. Y.... Y....

    Love this :)

  40. C.... ....

    Well said - she is so special

  41. j.... J....

    This is from the episode Dead Man Dating on charmed

  42. D.... B....

    Love this song, but I can't remember in which Charmed episode this was played.

  43. j.... ....

    Told you: it's rare to not have at least 1 goofball a hatin'. 242-1.

  44. A.... T....

    I don't care about Charmed or some Tv series. i'm here because of Peter and Paula.. :)

    A.... T....

    THANK YOU! ME TOO!

  45. g.... ....

    I heard this in charmed.....i love it

  46. D.... C....

    I remember first hearing this song on Charmed....it gave me chills. I always cry during that scene.

  47. R.... H....

    i liked shows like that. stuff now is so bull shit. they dont have tv like that. nope no more waiting for tvshows. all reality crap

  48. R.... H....

    dont be alone bruh

  49. G.... ....

    uh ive been here since the 90s when this came out....

  50. A.... B....

    I had this song on tape when I was a child. I always loved this song.

    A.... B....

    Akasha Babcock wonderful song ...

  51. j.... ....

    WOW 208 to 0 !! Rare to have an artist not have at least 1 goofball a hatin'.

  52. b.... ....

    Herbie Hancock.

  53. J.... ....

    First heard it at a friend's house in Meffah ;). He'd just bought the CD when it was released and he puts it on "Check this out. Girl from Rockport and she's got a really cool voice."

    Yeah, the final section of the song has some sweet harmony going on. And, for me at least, the mood there realizes the song. Just floating away, at peace.

  54. E.... J....

    I was somewhere in my teens when i bought this, in tape! All i had to keep me somewhat sane during those years was music and books. Thank you Paula, i hope someday you'l be rewarded properly

  55. l.... c....

    reminds me when i wa 18 and struggling with myself .so true needed support thank god i made it through that point of my life .im in a good place now but then as so many gay kids thought no choice , god loves all his children,we all bleed and love,

  56. S.... ....

    An absolute gem of a song, one of the best about tolerance & understanding be sure to check out the version by Annie Lennox & Herbie Hanckock on his "Possibilities" album project even more gut wrenching that the original.

    Paula is one of the most underrated artists of the last 20 yrs.

  57. G.... ....

    Thumbs up if an episode of Charmed brought you here :D

  58. M.... ....

    Good music brought be here

  59. C.... G....

    absolutely gorgeous song. one of the most beautiful voices ever and then, Peter Gabriel, too...amazing

  60. T.... ....

    Just like the rest, I'm here becuase of Charmed, Holly and the music nailed that scene!

  61. F.... ....

    Man, after my professor gave me some of his cassette tapes I found her and this song in one of them. I have re-discovered music with this song!

  62. r.... ....

    She is amazing...

  63. E.... G....

    I know I will get the thumbs down but annie lennox vocals got me here. both versions get the message out.............

  64. J.... E....

    I'm charmed for Paula and their angels's voice...

  65. N.... M....

    her album brought me here...i just wanted to see what people said about the song

  66. B.... ....

    I just got a chance to see the DVD of Herbie Hancock making Possibilities. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this in the comments, but Paula says she wrote the song about a friend who had passed away from HIV, and the interaction with his father whom he had never told about being gay. Powerful song about powerful emotions without being maudlin. A fine line to walk.

    B.... ....

    While the lyrics do not describe the actual person, I lived with the person who "inspired" her to write this song. It is a loving tribute to those whose lives were upended by this modern-day plague that took thousands from us far too early.

  67. K.... W....

    Everyone else came here from Charmed...
    Thumbs up if Herbie Hancock's "Possibilities" brought you here. =]

  68. M.... M....

    thumbs up if Charmed just brought you to this song

  69. d.... ....

    @gardntears Me too.My sister had it.I like Paula Cole but I LOVE Peter Gabriel.It's a beautiful piece

  70. 1.... ....

    @glitterishiss I cry every time I watch it :(

  71. A.... D....

    Charmed.. xd'

  72. g.... ....

    I'm one of the few that fell for this song from the album. :)

  73. b.... ....

    like many other people apparently, I too am here cause of the charmed episode. beautiful song

  74. f.... ....

    Here too because of Charmed. Watching the ep right in this moment, so good... Always loved how all of the Charmed seasons kept making time for music and scenes like in Dead Man Dating. Sure, the show became more "dangerous" I suppose, but it never changed in its core.

  75. Y.... D....

    @1CurVQT me too <3

  76. g.... ....

    @LovexBitesx and that episode was so beautiful...the scene between mark and piper gets me every time

  77. g.... ....

    @LovexBitesx Yep, same here....music lovers should watch charmed if for nothing else than the songs used...Charmed has a soundtrack unmatched by any other show I can think of. The music used is so amazing in every single ep..

  78. h.... m....

    el nacimiento de mi hijo cristian david leo cueva siempre estara en mi mente acompañado de esta hermosa cancion,ya que fueron momentos especiales en mi vida acompañados de personas muy valiosas e importantes,salud por to2 ellos>;D atte valdo mix.

  79. L.... S....

    This song totally reminds of the time with my ex husband.... when they were good times.... back way before Charmed... But love the scene as well.

  80. P.... ....

    Surprised and not surprised at the amount of people who are here because of the Charmed episode 'Dead Man Dating'. The chemistry between John Cho and Holly Marie Combs was outstanding. Love this song.

  81. M.... ....

    @LovexBitesx me too! I hear the best songs on TV shows! ;)

  82. t.... d....

    I love Paula's voice in this piece. Quite a bit of time has come to pass, since I've taken the time to listen to her. Thank you for sharing this one. A beautiful fable sung by two deeply passionate singers.

  83. S.... 2....

    I absolutely love this song, espeically when it gets to 2:44
    First heard it on Charmed episode 'Dead Man Dating', so beautiful :)

  84. 1.... ....

    I fell in love with this song when it was played in an episode of Charmed......

  85. M.... U....

    dont ever get rid of this song!

  86. J.... ....

    muy bonita!!

  87. J.... D....

    cudowne.....