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| 1. |
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i'm scared of swimming in the sea
dark shapes moving under me every fear i swallow makes me small inconsequential things occur alarms are triggered memories stir it's not the way it has to be i'm afraid of what i do not know i hate being undermined i'm afraid i can be devil man and i'm scared to be divine don't mess with me my fuse is short beneath this skin these fragments caught when i allow it to be there's no control over me i have my fears but they do not have me walking through the undergrowth, to the house in the woods the deeper i go, the darker it gets i peer through the window knock at the door and the monster i was so afraid of lies curled up on the floor is curled up on the floor just like a baby boy i cry until i laugh i'm afraid of being mothered with my balls shut in the pen i'm afraid of loving women and i'm scared of loving men flashbacks coming in every night don't tell me everything's alright when i allow it to be it has no control over me i own my fear so it doesn't own me walking through the undergrowth, to the house in the woods the deeper i go, the darker it gets i peer through the window knock at the door and the monster i was so afraid of lies curled up on the floor is curled up on the floor just like a baby boy i cry until i laugh Drums: Manu Katche, Dave Power Percussion: Mahut Dominique, Ged Lynch, Richard Chappell Bass: Tony Levin Guitars: David Rhodes The London Session Orchestra: Strings String Arrangement: Peter Gabriel, Will Gregory Orchestration: Nick Ingham Programming: Richard Chappell Additional Programming: Alex Swift Bosendorfer, Mutator, Keys, JamMan, MPC Groove: Peter Gabriel |
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| 2. |
| 7:30 |
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folded in your fleshy purse
i am floating once again while the muted sounds are pumping rhythm all the walls close in on me pressure's building wave on wave till the water breaks - and outside i go, oh one dot, that's on or off, defines what is and what is not, one dot two dot, a pair of eyes, a voice, a touch, complete surprise, two dot growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live growing up, growing up, gooking for a place to live growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space three dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe, three dot four dot, is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it's all there, four dot my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space all the slow clouds pass us by make the Empire State look high as you take me in your sea-stained sweetness it spills, it tingles and it stings all the pleasure that it brings till the door has let the outside inside here well on the floor there's a long wooden table on the table there's an open book on the page there's a detailed drawing and on the drawing is the name i took my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live growing up, growing up, looking for a place to live my ghost likes to travel my ghost likes to travel moving inside of your space my ghost likes to travel my ghost likes to travel moving inside of your space my ghost likes to travel moving inside my ghost likes to travel moving Inside of your space my ghost likes to travel moving inside my ghost likes to travel moving inside of your space the breathing stops, i don't know when in transition once again such a struggle getting through these changes and it all seems so absurd to be flying like a bird when i do not feel i've really landed here. |
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| 3. |
| 6:36 |
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lost my time lost my place in
sky blue those two blue eyes light your face in sky blue i know how to fly, i know how to drown in sky blue warm wind blowing over the earth sky blue i sing through the land, the land sings through me sky blue reaching into the deepest shade of sky blue sky blue so tired of all this travelling so many miles away from home i keep moving to be stable free to wander, free to roam train pulled out said my goodbyes sky blue back on the road alone with the sky sky blue there's a presence here no one denies sky blue sky blue so tired of all this travelling so many miles away from home i keep moving to be stable free to wander, free to roam i can hear the same voice calling crying out, from my heart and that cry, what a cry what a cry, it's going to be if i can stop to let it out, oh. Drums: Manu Katche Percussion: Ged Lynch, Daniel Lanois Bass: Tony Levin Guitars: David Rhodes, Daniel Lanois, Peter Green Hammond: David Sancious Additional Vocals: The Blind Boys Of Alabama Programming: Richard Chappell Additional Prgramming: Alex Swift Backing Vocals: David Rhodes, Melanie Gabriel Firefly Keys, Bosendorfer, Bass Pulse, MPC Groove: Peter Gabriel David Bottrill |
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| 4. |
| 7:54 |
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saw a group of people forming
round a figure lying down someone runs to make a phone call the man kneels on the ground the man kneels on the ground there's a tightening in my chest. i know that i'm drawn in oh god let it not - be you don't leave us don't leave like this don't leave me here again i'm not quitting on you there's no one else you're not quitting on us no running out the colour in your shirt is darkening, against the paleness of your skin i remember how you held the goldfish swimming around in a plastic bag swimming around in a plastic bag you held it up so high in the bright lights of the fair it slipped and fell we looked everywhere don't leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm) don't leave like this (your heart is strong, you're holding on) don't leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand) i'm not quitting on you there's no one else you're not quitting on us there's no way out no way out don't leave us don't leave like this don't leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand) i'm not quitting on you there's no one else you're not quitting on us no running away - no way out |
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| 5. |
| 7:25 |
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It was only one hour ago
It was all so different then Nothing yet has really sunk in Looks like it always did This flesh and bone is just the way that we are tied in But there's no one home I grieve...... for you You leave....... me So hard to move on Still loving what's gone They say life carries on Carries on and on and on and on The news that truely shocks is the empty, empty page While the final rattle rocks it's empty, empty cage and I can't handle this I grieve....... for you You leave....... me Let it out and move on Missing what's gone They say life carries on They say life carries on and on and on Life carries on in the people I meet In everyone that's out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Just the car that we ride in The home we reside in The face that we hide in The way we are tied in As life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on Did I dream this belief or did I believe this dream? Now I will find relief I grieve |
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| 6. |
| 7:16 |
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one man at the window
one girl at the bar saw that look of recognition when they know just who you are i seen you on the tv i seen you on that show where you make the people crazy and then you let them go before the show we calm them we sympathise, we care and the hostile folk we keep apart till the red light says 'on air' did you see our leather lovers all tied up to the chair did you catch those child molesters no one else goes there what a show, the barry williams show what a show, dysfunctional excess is all it took for my success the greater pain that they endure the more you know the show has scored its showtime got the reputation of a surgeon cos they cannot feel the cut it looks so very simple but it really is an art they call our studio 'the hospital' making money from the sick we let people be themselves there is no other trick 'my lover stole my girlfriend' 'i keep beating up my ex' 'i want to kill my neighbour' 'my daughter's selling sex' 'my s/m lover hurt me' 'my girl became a man' 'i love my daughter's rapist' 'my life's gone down the pan' what a show, the barry williams show the barry williams show dysfunctional excess is all it took for my success and when the punches start to fly the ratings always read so high its showtime that girl has got no scruples not a wrinkle on her face you would not believe the plot she concieved so they'd let her take my place well, no man is an island no man is a sea but this display of emotion is all but drowning me what a show, oh what a show on my show, the barry williams show it's my show what a show dysfunctional excess is all it took for my success the best tv you've ever seen where people say the things they really mean I hear my name, i hear them roar for the one more time i take the floor just one more barry williams show we're gonna take you where you want to go it's showtime come on down come on down |
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| 7. |
| 6:29 |
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the metal jangles as the key turns
unlock the door, wipe my feet clean oh my head sounds like that the oil is spitting in the saucepan i squeeze the sponge and let the cat out oh my head sounds like that oh my head oh oh oh oh oh oh the water's dripping in the hallway the guy next door, he knocks his wall down oh my head sounds like that the knife it scrapes across the burnt brown toast the freight train rumbles past my window oh my head sounds like that oh my head oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh around the axis we all spin to determine what's left out and what's left in what's left out and what's left in what's left out and what's left in who's left out and who's left in who's left in the moments come and go like water i try to hold them but they're fading oh my head sounds like that oh my head oh oh oh |
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| 6:01 |
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i woke up and the world outside was dark
all so quiet before the dawn opened up the door and walked outside the ground was cold i walked until i couldn't walk any more to a place i'd never been there was something stirring in the air in front of me, i could see more than this more than this so much more than this there is something else there when all that you had has all gone and more than this i stand feeling so connected and i'm all there right next to you it started when i saw the ship go down i saw them struggle in the sea and suddenly the picture disappears in front of me now we're busy making all our busy plans on foundations built to last but nothing fades as fast as the future and nothing clings like the past, until we can see more than this more than this so much more than this there is something out there more than this it's coming through and more than this i stand alone and so connected and i'm all there right next to you oh then it's alright when with every day another bit falls away oh bus its still alright, alright, alright and like words together we can make some sense much more than this way beyond imagination much more than this beyond the stars with my head so full so full of fractured pictures and i'm all there right next to you so much more than this there is something else there when all that you had has all gone and more than this i'm alone feeling so connected and i'm all there right next to you more than this more than this more than this more than this |
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| 9. |
| 7:33 |
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you know the way that things go
when what you fight for starts to fall and in that fuzzy picture he writing stands out on the wall so clearly on the wall send out the signals deep and loud and in this place, can you reassure me with a touch, a smile - while the cradle's burning all the while the world is turning to noise oh the more that it's surrounding us the more that it destroys turn up the signal wipe out the noise send out the signals deep and loud man i'm losing sound and sight of all those who can tell me wrong from right when all things beautiful and bright sink in the night yet there's still something in my heart that can find a way to make a start to turn up the signal wipe out the noise wipe out the noise wipe out the noise you know that's it you know that's it receive and transmit receive and transmit receive and transmit you know that's it you know that's it receive and transmit you know that's it you know that's it receive and transmit |
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| 10. |
| 3:04 |
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moving down the fuselage
toward the open door catch you looking down outside to see what lies ahead one by one you watch them fall fall through cloud one by one you watch them fall no idea where they're going but down where they've gone where they've gone watching as the sun goes down i sit inside this plane notice how the city lights are like the nerves inside the brain one by one they're going out you watch them dim one by one you watch them fall and wonder where they're falling to |
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