Peter Gabriel (81,85 %)
Us (76,79 %)
In collection
Released: 1992-09-28
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
5
Year (1992):
8
Decade (1990's):
78
Overall:
469
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1.
Come Talk to Me
 07:06
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2.
Love to Be Loved
 05:18
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3.
Blood of Eden
 06:38
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4.
Steam
06:03
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5.
Only Us
 06:32
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6.
Washing of the Water
03:52
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7.
Digging in the Dirt
05:18
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8.
Fourteen Black Paintings
04:38
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9.
Kiss That Frog
05:20
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10.
Secret World
07:03
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Album length:
57:48
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Lyrics |
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1.
Come Talk to Me
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The wretched desert takes it's 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 make 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 'Til 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 |
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2.
Love to Be Loved
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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 moment, I need to be needed With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked In this emptiness and fear, I want to 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 that babies cry The way they can't deny The way they feel Words, they climb all over you 'Til 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 emptiness and fear, I want to 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 I let go And I let go I can 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 let go of it You know I mean it You know that I mean it I recognise 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 |
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3.
Blood of Eden
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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 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 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 Oh... 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 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 union, oh 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 We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman The woman and the man |
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4.
Steam
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Stand back! Said stand back! What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet They're on to something, Picking up, picking up this heat This heat Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real, Real as anything you've seen Get a life with the 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 get them open but I know you Give me steam and how you feel can make it real, Real as any place you've been Get a life with the dreamer's dream Stand back, said 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 Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real, Real as anything you've seen Get a life with the dreamer's dream 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 Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real Real as any place you've been Get a life with the dreamer's dream Everybody nose-dive 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 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 Give me steam, and how you feel can make it real Real as anything you've seen Get a life with the dreamer's dream Help me yeah Ready to steam out the log jam Stir crazy from the freezer to the foil Water's bubbling, bb-b-b-bubbling-bubbling-bubbling-bubbling-bubbling like it's coming to the boil Give me steam, lady Give me the steam around me now Coming alive, coming alive Said give me some steam |
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5.
Only Us
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Only us Only us Only us 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 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 Only us |
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6.
Washing of the Water
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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 toward the sea River deep, can you lift up and carry me Oh roll on through 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 this thing Cos if I follow through I face what I denied I'll get those hooks out of me And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side Kill that fear with 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 |
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Digging in the Dirt
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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 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 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... |
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8.
Fourteen Black Paintings
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From the pain come the dream 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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9.
Kiss That Frog
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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 c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon 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? Aah, he's wanting it so much I swear that this is royal blood running through my skin Oh, can't you see the state I'm in Kiss it better, kiss it better 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 Aah, you think you won't, I think you will Don't you know that this tongue can kill C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon c'mon c'mon 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 Aah Princess you might like it, if you lower your defense Kiss that frog, and you will get your prince, get your prince 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 Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog Jump in the water, c'mon baby jump in with me Jump in the water, c'mon baby jump in 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 get wet, get wet, get wet, get wet |
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10.
Secret World
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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 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 That 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 receive 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? Oh the wheel is turning spinning round and round And the house is crumbling but the stairways stand With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame Whatever it is, we are all the same, the same Making it up in our secret world Making it up in our secret world Making it up in our secret world Shaking it up Breaking 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 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? Shh, listen... |