Got to get some food I’m so hungry all the time I don’t know how to stop I don’t know how to stop Got to get some sleep I’m so nervous in the night I don’t know how to stop No, i don’t know how to stop I don’t know how to stop I don’t […]
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 […]
It’s nice here with a view of the trees Eating with a spoon? They don’t give you knives? ‘spect you watch those trees Blowing in the breeze We want to see you lead a normal life
I got no means to show identification I got no papers show you what i am You’ll have to take me just the way that you find me What’s gone is gone and i do not give a damn Empty stomach, empty head I got empty heart and empty bed I don’t remember I don’t […]
Intruder - Peter Gabriel Iii
I know something about opening windows and doors I know how to move quietly to creep across creaky wooden floors I know where to find precious things in all your cupboards and drawers Slipping the clippers Slipping the clippers through the telephone wires The sense of isolation inspires Inspires me I like to feel the […]
Hans plays with lotte, lotte plays with jane Jane plays with willi, willi is happy again Suki plays with leo, sacha plays with britt Adolf builts a bonfire, enrico plays with it -whistling tunes we hid in the dunes by the seaside -whistling tunes we’re kissing baboons in the jungle It’s a knockout If looks […]
The streets are lined with camera crews Everywhere he goes is news Today is different Today is not the same Today i make the action Take snapshot into the light, snapshot into the light I’m shooting into the light Four miles down the cavalcade moves on Driving into the sun If i worked it out […]
Biko - Peter Gabriel Iii
september ’77 Port elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh biko, biko, because biko Oh biko, biko, because biko Yihla moja, yihla moja -the man is dead When i try and sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only […]
And through the wire i hear your voice And through the wire i touch the power And through the wire i see your face It’s through the wire Friday night, you’re staying at home i want you I’m tickling and clicking a metronome i want you Prowling the waterhole-i wait for the kill i want […]
