Fourteen Black Paintings
From the pain come the dream
Peter Gabriel
From the dream come the vision
From the vision come the people
And from the people come the power
From this power come the change
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The Promise Of Shadows
Instrumental
Peter Gabriel
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Le mas des alouettes
“-Arkan, ou es-tu?
Arkan,
Regarde cette glace.
Tu pourrais la prendre pour notre chambre.
Je la veux, cette glace.
Et le piano,
Tes soldats pourraient l’emporter.
-Mais non, elle a trop bu. Elle venait pour notre fête.
Mais…
Penser ainsi offense notre invitée
Rejoins nos amis, je reste avec elle.
-Le général…”
Pablo Tivani, Vittorio Tavani
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I Griev
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
It’s just the way that we had tied in
Now 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 truly shocks is the empty, empty page
While the final rattle rocks its 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
It’s just the car that we ride in
A 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
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Did I dream this belief?
Or did I believe this dream?
Now I can find relief
I grieve
Peter Gabriel
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More Than This
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 anymore
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 but it’s 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
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Signal to Noise
Peter Gabriel
My Head Sounds Like That
Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
More than this
Peter Gabriel
More than this
More than this
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Not One of Us
It’s only water in a stranger’s tear
Looks are deceptive, but distinctions are clear
A foreign body and a foreign mind
Never welcome in the land of the blind
You may look like we do
Talk like we do
But you know how it is
You’re not one of us, not one of us
No, you’re not one of us
Not one of us, not one of us
No, you’re not one of us
There’s safety in numbers when you learn to divide
How can we be in if there is no outside?
All shades of opinion feed an open mind
But your values are twisted, let us help you unwind
You may look like we do
Talk like we do
But you know how it is
It’s only water
It’s only water (It’s only water)
It’s only water in a stranger’s tear
You may look like we do
Talk like we do
But you know how it is
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Lead a Normal Life
Peter Gabriel
Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
You’re not one of us, not one of us
No, you’re not one of us
You’re not one of us, not one of us
No, you’re not one of us
He’s not one of us
Peter Gabriel
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
He’s not one of us
He’s not one of us
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
He’s not one of us
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Digging in the dirt
Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time it’s getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can’t go on like this too long
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
Don’t talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don’t say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don’t turn around
This is for real
Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I’m digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt
The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that’s the place it goes
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
This time you’ve gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
I’m digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I’m digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt
Digging in the dirt
Peter Gabriel
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
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Moribund the Burgermeister
Caught in the chaos in the market square
I don’t know what, I don’t know why, but something’s wrong down there
Their bodies twistin’ and turnin’ in a thousand ways
The eyes all rollin’ round and round into a distant gaze
Ah, look at that crowd!
Some are jumping up in the air – say, “We’re drowning in a torrent of blood!”
Others going down on their knees, seen a saviour come out of the mud
Oh, Mother! It’s eating out my soul
Destroying law and order, I’m going to lose control
What can I do to stop this plague, spread by sight alone
Just a glimpse and then a quiver, then they shiver to the bone
Ah, look at them go!
Bunderschaft, you are going daft? Better seal off the castle grounds
“This is Moribund, the Burgermeister, I’m gonna keep this monster down
Somebody sent the subversive element; going to chase it out of down.”
No-one will tell what all this is about
But I will find out
I will find out
I will find out
This thing’s outrageous, I tell you on the level
It’s really so contagious must be the work of the devil
You better go now, pick up the pipers and tell them to play
Seems the music keeps them quiet, there is no other way
Ah, close the doors!
“We’ve tried potions and waxen dolls, but none of us could find any cures,”
Mother please, is it just a disease, that has them breaking all my laws
Check if you can disconnect the effect and I’ll go after the cause
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No-one will tell what all this is about
But I will find out
I will find out
I will find out
Mother, you know your son
Peter Gabriel
When I say I will, I will
They’ll be sorry
I’ll make sure they’re sorry
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Stigmata
Instrumental
Peter Gabriel
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Passion
Instrumantal
Peter Gabriel
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Here Comes the Flood
When the night shows
The signals grow on radios
All the strange things
They come and go as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There’s no point in direction we cannot even choose a side
I took the old track
The hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
They were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
And as the nail sunk in the cloud the rain was warm and soaked the crowd
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Lord, here comes the flood
We’ll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent, in any still alive
It’ll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry
When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You’re a thousand minds, within a flash
Don’t be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there’s only you and me
And if we break before the dawn they’ll use up what we used to be
Lord, here comes the flood
We’ll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent, in any still alive
It’ll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry
Lord, here comes the flood
We’ll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent, in any still alive
It’ll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry
Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry
Peter Gabriel
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Solsbury hill
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
(I) just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
“Son,” he said “Grab your things,
I’ve come to take you home.”
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To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
‘Til I thought of what I’d say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” he said “Grab your things
I’ve come to take you home.”
(Ay, back home.)
When illusion spin her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don’t need a replacement
Peter Gabriel
I’ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” I said “You can keep my things,
they’ve come to take me home.”
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Unlocking the Door
Instrumental
Peter Gabriel
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White ashes
Mamma’s little boy has fallen down,
Mamma’s little boy has hit the ground.
Now he’s gone, Ian is gone,
his time is done.
The weight of a dream
can take you down.
White, white ashes, building crashes down.
So well, pretend it’s all well conceived,
Build solid as steel, stuff we believe.
Now he’s gone. Ian is gone,
his time is done.
The weight of a dream
can bring you down.
The weight of a dream
can bring you down.
White, white ashes, building crashes down.
White, white ashes, building crashes down.
Mamma’s little boy, doing good.
Mamma’s little boy did all he could.
Now he’s gone, Ian is gone, time is done.
The weight of a dream
can bring you down.
The weight of a dream
can bring you down.
White, white ashes, building crashes down
Peter Gabriel
White,
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Indigo
It’s too late, this model’s out of date.
Got every spare part, but there ain’t much heart inside here.
Not like the start, I was good at the art of survival;
I’ve always tried to keep my feelings deep inside
Where I can hide them, now I’m open wide.
When it ends, again I’ll see my friends,
They’ll give me a lift, I’ve been running adrift, so easy…
Shifting the gear, I’ve got nothing to fear from a showdown,
I’ll go down quiet.
And the kids downstairs making a hell of a din,
I’m all alone, getting a quote for the wages of sin.
Beyond the indigo, indigo,
Where the chilly winds, winds will blow,
My time is running low.
Going to cross the dark, dark river,
Going to see my good life-giver,
Better cover my yellow liver.
All right, I’m giving up the fight,
Peter Gabriel
I didn’t know when I’d be a stranger again in my own land.
The days are okay, but oh, how I hate these long nights.
You understand?
Darling, please just hold my hand.
You feel so warm, in the eye of the storm,
I’m going away, I’m going away, I’m going away.
See you again someday…
Darling, I’m going away.
Feel like I’m going away, this time I’m going away.