Top Songs By Peter Gabriel
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Peter Gabriel
Lead Vocals
David Rhodes
Guitar
Jerry Marotta
Drums
John Ellis
Guitar
Larry Fast
Moog
Morris Pert
Pipes
Peter Hammill
Background Vocals
Roberto Laneri
Saxophone
Stephen Paine
Fairlight CMI
Tony Levin
Chapman Stick
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Gabriel
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Gabriel
Producer
David Lord
Producer
Mike King
Editing Engineer
Neil Perry
Assistant Engineer
Tony Cousins
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams
Her honey belly pulls the seams
Curves are stiff upon the hinge
Pale zeros tinge the tiger skin
Moist as grass, ripe and heavy is the night
The sponge is full, well out of sight
All around the conversations
Icing on the warm flesh cake
Light creeps through her secret tunnels
Sucked into the open spaces
Burning out in sudden flashes
Draining blood from well-fed faces
Desire forms in subtle whispers
Flex the muscles in denial
Up and down its pristine cage
So the music, so the trial
Vows of sacrifice (Vows of sacrifice)
Headless chickens (Headless chickens)
Dance in circles (Dance in circles) they the blessed
Man and wife, undressed by all
Their grafted trunks in heat possessed
Even as the soft skins tingle
They mingle with the homeless mother
Who loves the day but lives another
That once was hers
The worried father, long-lost lover
Brushes ashes with his broom
Rehearses jokes to fly and hover
Bursting over the bride and groom
And the talk goes on
Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves
Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves
Silence falls the guillotine
All the doors are shut
Nervous hands grip tight the knife
In the darkness, till the cake is cut
Cut and passed around (Passed around)
In little pieces (In little pieces)
The body (The body and the flesh)
The family and the fishing net
Family, and the fishing net
Another, another in the mesh
Another
The body and the flesh
And the flesh
Writer(s): Peter Gabriel
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