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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Peter Gabriel
Vocals
John Metcalfe
Percussion
Ben Foster
Conductor
Melanie Gabriel
Vocals
Ane Brun
Vocals
Tom Cawley
Piano
Louisa Fuller
Violin
Ian Humphries
Violin
Cathy Thompson
Violin
Natalie Bonner
Violin
Ian Belton
Violin
Rita Manning
Violin
Roland Martin Roberts
Violin
Emma Parker
Violin
Martin Burgess
Violin
Clare Hayes
Violin
Charles Mutter
Violin
Odile Ollagnon
Violin
Kathy Shave
Violin
Alison Dods
Violin
Jeremy Morris
Violin
Debbie Widdup
Violin
Fiona Bonds
Viola
Helen Kamminga
Viola
Paul Cassidy
Viola
Jon Thorne
Viola
Ian Rathbone
Viola
Reiad Chibah
Viola
Will Schofield
Cello
Caroline Dale
Cello
Jacqueline Thomas
Cello
Ian Burdge
Cello
Nick Roberts
Cello
Chris Worsey
Cello
Chris Laurence
Double Bass
Richard Pryce
Double Bass
Ben Russell
Double Bass
Steve Rossell
Double Bass
Eliza Marshall
Piccolo Flute
Alun Darbyshire
Oboe
Jon Carnac
Bass Clarinet
Sarah Burnett
Bassoon
Nigel Black
French Horn
Phil Woods
French Horn
Andy Crowley
Piccolo Trumpet
Dan Newell
Piccolo Trumpet
Tracy Holloway
Trombone
Dan Jenkins
Trombone
Mark Frost
Bass Trombone
David Powell
Tuba
Rob Farrer
Percussion
Joby Burgess
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Gabriel
Songwriter
John Metcalfe
Co-Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Sharratt
Mixing Engineer
Richard Chappell
Producer
Lyrics
Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - rub on skin
Outside - cold air - stand, wait for rising sun
Red paint - eagle feathers - coyote calling - it has begun
Something moving in - I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying - slow - letting go of life
Hena Wambdetanka! (Arise Big Eagle!)
Medicine man lead me up through town - Indian ground - so far down
Cut up land - each house - a pool -
kids wearing water wings - drink in cool
Follow dry river bed - watch Scouts and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco - Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse - white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack -
look at mountain top - keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow - white wind blow
I hold the line - the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto - I hold the line
San Jacinto - the poison bite and
darkness take my sight - I hold the line
And the tears roll down my swollen
cheek - think I'm losing it - getting weaker
I hold the line - I hold the line
San Jacinto - yellow eagle flies down from the sun - from the sun
We will walk - on the land
We will breathe - of the air
We will drink - from the stream
We will live - hold the line
Writer(s): Peter Gabriel
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