Peter Gabriel Album

The wretched desert takes its form, the jackal proud and tight
In search of you I feel my way, through the slowest heaving night
Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense
I reach out through the border fence
Come down, come talk to me

In the swirling, curling storm of desire unuttered words hold fast
With reptile tongue, the lightning lashes towers built to last
Darkness creeps in like a thief and offers no relief
Why are you shaking like a leaf?
Come on, come talk to me

Ah please talk to me
Won't you please talk to me
We can unlock this misery
Come on, come talk to me
I did not come to steal
This all is so unreal
Can't you show me how you feel now
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me, come talk to me

The earthly power sucks shadowed milk from sleepy tears undone
From nippled skin as smooth as silk the bugles blown as one
You lie there with your eyes half closed like there's no-one there at all
There's a tension pulling on your face
Come on, come talk to me

Won't you please talk to me
If you'd just talk to me
Unblock this misery
If you'd only talk to me
Don't you ever change your mind
Now your future's so defined
And you act so deaf so blind
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me, come talk to me

I can imagine the moment
Breaking out through the silence
All the things that we both might say
And the heart it will not be denied
Till we're both on the same damn side
All the barriers blown away

I said please talk to me
Won't you please come talk to me
Just like it used to be
Come on, come talk to me
I did not come to steal
This all is so unreal
Can you show me how you feel now
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me, come talk to me

I said please talk to me
If you'd just talk to me
Unblock this misery
If you'd only talk to me
Don't you ever change your mind
Now your future's so defined
And you act so deaf so blind
Come on, come talk to me
Come talk to me, come talk to me

So, you know how people are
When it's all gone much too far
The way their minds are made
Still, there's something you should know
That I could not let show, that fear of letting go

And in this in moment, I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
In this emptyness and fear, I wanna be wanted
Cause I love to be loved, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, yes, I love to be loved

I cry, the way the babies cry
The way they can't deny the way they feel
Words, they climb all over you
'Till they uncover you from where you hide

And in this moment, I need to be needed
When my self- esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
In this emptyness and fear, I wanna be wanted
Cause I love to be loved, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, oh, I love to be loved

This old familiar craving
I've been here before, this way of behaving
Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore

Let it pass, let it go, let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time I believe
And then I let go, and then I let go
I can't let go of it though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I'm losing such a central part of me
I can't let go of it, you know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I've lost, but I cannot face the cost
Cause I love to be loved, yes, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, yes, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, yes, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, I love to be loved
I love to be loved, yes, I love to be loved

I caught sight of my reflection, I caught it in the window
I saw the darkness in my heart
I saw the signs of my undoing
They had been there from the start

And the darkness still has work to do
The knotted chord's untying
The heated and the holy, oh, they're sitting there on high
So secure with everything they're buying

In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man

My grip is surely slipping, I think I've lost my hold
Yes, I think I've lost my hold
I cannot get insurance any more
They don't take credit, only gold

Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see
You hold so tightly in your hand
And all the while the distance grows between you and me
I do not understand

In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man

At my request you take me in
In that tenderness, I am floating away
No certainty, nothing to rely on, holding still for a moment
What a moment this is
Oh, for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss

I can hear the distant thunder of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their holes

In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union of the woman and the man

In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden, lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman and the woman in the man

In the blood of Eden, we have done everything we can
In the blood of Eden, so we end as we began
With the man in the woman and the woman in the man
It was all for the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man

Stand Back!
Stand Back!

What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
They're on to something, picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

{Chorus 1:}
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you've seen
Get a life with this dreamer's dream

You know your culture from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know your stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven's doors are shut
You kick them open but
I know you

{Chorus 2:}
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you've been
Get a life with the dreamer's dream

Stand back!
Stand back!
Can't you see I've lost control I'm getting indiscreet
You're moving in so close 'til I'm picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

[Chorus 1]

You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You think you've been blessed
But I know you

You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight line from a curve
You've got a lot of nerve
But I know you

[Chorus 2]

Everybody nosedive
Hold your breath, count to five
Backslap, boobytrap,
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It's going to blow, it's going to break
This is more than I can take

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you're turning up the heat
When I start to dream aloud
See you move your hands and feet
Won't you step into this cloud of steam
This steam

[Chorus 1]

Help me yeah
Ready to steam out the log jam
Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
Water's bubbling, it's b..b..b..bubbling
bubbling [x4]
like it's coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam around me now
Aah coming alive [x2]
Said give me some steam

It wasn't in the words that kept sticking in their throats
It wasn't with the angels in their quilted coats
These battered wings still kick up dust

Seduced by the noise and the bright things that glisten
I knew all the time I should shut up and listen
And I'm finding my way home from the great escape

The further on I go, oh, the less I know
I can find only us breathing, only us sleeping
Only us dreaming, only us
I hear you calling me
Yes, I hear you calling me home from the great escape
Yes, I can read you loud and clear

The further on I go, oh, the less I know
Friend or foe, there's only us

The further on I go, oh, the less I know
I can find only us breathing, only us sleeping
Only us dreaming, only us, only us

I'm coming home again, home again
And I hear you calling me home again
I am coming home again

River, river carry me on
Living river carry me on
River, river carry me on
To the place where I come from

So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside

River, show me how to float
I feel like I'm sinking down
Thought that I could get along
But here in this water
My feet won't touch the ground
I need something to turn myself around

Going away, away towards the sea
River deep, can you lift up and carry me
Oh roll on though the heartland
'Til the sun has left the sky
River, river carry me high
'Til the washing of the water make it all alright
Let your waters reach me like she reached me tonight

Letting go, it's so hard
The way it's hurting now
To get this love untied
So tough to stay with thing
'Cause if I follow through
I face what I denied
I get those hooks out of me
And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide

River, oh river, river running deep
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep
In the washing of the water will you take it all away
Bring me something to take this pain away

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

{Chorus:}
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]

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

[Chorus]

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
To find the places we got hurt
[x7]

Yeah-a-a.
Jump in the water.

Sweet little princess,
Let me introduce his frogness.
You alone can get him singing.
He's all puffed up, wanna be your king.
Oh you can do it.
C'mon, (x8)
Lady, kiss that frog!

Splash, dash heard your call,
Bring you back your golden ball.
He's gonna dive down in the deep end.
He's gonna be just like your best friend.

So what's one little kiss,
One tiny little touch?
Aaah, he's wanting it so much.
I swear that this is royal blood,
Running through my skin.
Oh can you see the state I'm in?
Kiss it better!
Kiss it better!
(Kiss that frog)

Get it into your head,
He's living with you, he sleeps in your bed.
Can't you hear beyond the croaking?
Don't you know that I'm not joking?

Aaah, you think you won't.
I think you will.
Don't you know that this tongue can kill?
C'mon, (x8)
Lady, kiss that frog!

Let him sit beside you,
Eat right off your plate.
You don't have to be afraid.
There's nothing here to hate.
Princess you might like it,
If you lower your defense.
Kiss that frog...and you will get your prince.
Get your prince.

Hey!

Jump in the water;
C'mon, baby, jump in with me.
Jump in the water;
C'mon baby get wet with me.

Jump in the water;
C'mon, baby, jump in with me.
Jump in the water;
C'mon baby get wet, get wet, get wet.

[Simultaneously: scatting + (Kiss that frog. Lady, kiss that frog.)x5]
[Simultaneously:
scatting + (Jump in the water, c'mon baby jump in with me)x3]

Jump in the water,
C'mon baby get wet with me.
[To a fade: Get wet. Get wet, get wet.]

I stood in this unsheltered place
'Til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn't have to choose it
I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

In this house of make-believe
Divided in two, like Adam and Eve
You put out and I recieve
Did you think you didn't have to choose it
I alone could win or lose it
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Ah the wheel is turning, spinning 'round and 'round
And the house is crubling but the stairways stand

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same

Breaking it up
Shaking it up
Making it up
In our secret world

Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair
Did you think you didn't have to choose it
I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Shh, listen...

Breaking it up
Shaking it up
Making it up
In our secret world