Peter Gabriel (81,85 %)
Peter Gabriel [4] (80,63 %)
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Released: 1982-09-08
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
3
Year (1982):
6
Decade (1980's):
60
Overall:
288
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1.
The Rhythm of the Heat
 05:18
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2.
San Jacinto
 06:23
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3.
I Have the Touch
04:34
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4.
The Family and the Fishing Net
 07:03
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5.
Shock the Monkey
 05:28
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6.
Lay Your Hands on Me
06:09
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7.
Wallflower
06:33
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8.
Kiss of Life
 04:17
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Album length:
45:45
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Lyrics |
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1.
The Rhythm of the Heat
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Looking out the window I see the red dust clear High up on the red rock Stands the shadow with the spear The land here is strong Strong beneath my feet It feeds on the blood It feeds on the heat The rhythm is below me The rhythm of the heat The rhythm is around me The rhythm has control The rhythm is inside me The rhythm has my soul The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Drawn across the plainland To the place that is higher Drawn into the circle That dances round the fire We spit into our hands And breathe across the palms Raising them up high Held open to the sun Drawn across the plainland To the place that is higher Drawn into the circle That dances round the fire We spit into our hands And breathe across the palms Raising them up high Held open to the sun Self-conscious, uncertain I'm showered with the dust The spirit enters into me And I submit to trust Smash the radio No outside voices here Smash the watch Cannot tear the day to shreds Smash the camera Cannot steal away the spirits The rhythm is around me The rhythm has control The rhythm is inside me The rhythm has my soul |
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2.
San Jacinto
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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 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 say - 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 Hold the line - Hold the line We will live - hold the line Hold the line |
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3.
I Have the Touch
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The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people - I like it all so much Such a mass of motion - do not know where it goes I move with the movement and... I have the touch I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark Any chance collision and light up in the dark There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair Oh do I dare... I have the touch Wanting contact I'm wanting contact I'm wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands Oh give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake hands, shake hands Any social occasion, it's hello, how do you do? All those introductions, I never miss my cue So before a question, so before a doubt My hand moves out and... I have the touch Wanting contact I'm wanting contact I'm wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands, Give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees Try drink, food, cigarette, tension will not ease I tap my fingers, fold my arms, breathe in deep, cross my legs Shrug my shoulders, stretch my back - but nothing seems to please I need contact I need contact Nothing seems to please I need contact Oh, I need contact Yes, I need contact Tac, tac, tac, contact Tac, tac, tac, contact Tac, tac, tac, contact |
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4.
The Family and the Fishing Net
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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 as the night The sponge is full, well out of sight All around the conversations Icing on the warm fresh cake Light creeps through her secret tunnel Sucked into the open spaces Burning out in sudden flashes Draining blood from their 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, til the cake is cut and passed around Passed around, in little pieces, in little pieces The body, the body and the flesh The family, the family and the fishing net, and the fishing net Another, another in the mesh The body and the flesh, and the flesh |
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5.
Shock the Monkey
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Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out ' the trees Now I'm on my knees Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Fox the fox Rat on the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey Monkey, Wheels keep turning Monkey, Something's burning Monkey, Don't like it but I guess I'm learning Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey Monkey, Too much at stake Monkey, Ground beneath me shake Monkey, And the news is breaking Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock the monkey, shock the monkey Shock the monkey, shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life |
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6.
Lay Your Hands on Me
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Sat in the corner of the Garden Grill, with the plastic flowers on the window sill No more miracles, loaves and fishes, been so busy with the washing of the dishes Reaction level's much too high - I can do without the stimuli I'm living way beyond my ways and means, living in the zone of the in-betweens I can see the flashes on the frozen ocean, static charge of cold emotion Watched on by the distant eyes - watched on by the silent hidden spies But still the warmth flows through me And I sense you know me well No luck, no golden chances No mitigating circumstances now It's only common sense There are no accidents round here I am willing - lay your hands on me (here) I am ready - lay your hands on me (here) I believe - lay your hands on me, over me Working in gardens, thornless roses, fat men play with their garden hoses Poolside laugh has a cynical bite, sausage speared by the cocktail satellite I walk away from light and sound, down stairways leading underground But still the warmth flows through me And I sense you know me well It's only common sense There are no accidents round here I am willing - lay your hands on me (here) I am ready - lay your hands on me (here) I believe - lay your hands on me , over me, over me, Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me, over me |
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7.
Wallflower
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6 x 6 - from wall to wall Shutters on the windows, no light at all Damp on the floor, you got damp in the bed They're trying to get you crazy - get you out of your head And they feed you scraps and they feed you lies To lower your defences - no compromise Nothing you can do, the day can be long Your mind is working overtime, your body's not too strong Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on They put you in a box so you can't get heard Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred Hold on You have gambled with your own life And you face the night alone While the builders of the cages Sleep with bullets, bars and stone They do not see your road to freedom That you build with flesh and bone They take you out and the light burns your eyes To the talking room - it's no surprise Loaded questions from clean white coats Their eyes are all as hidden as their Hippocratic Oath They tell you - how to behave, behave as their guest You want to resist them, you do your best They take you to your limits, they take you beyond For all that they are doing there's no way to respond Hold on, hold on They put you in a box so you can't get heard Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred Hold on You have gambled with your own life And you face the night alone While the builders of the cages Sleep with bullets, bars and stone They do not see your road to freedom That you build with flesh and bone Though you may disappear, you're not forgotten here And I will say to you, I will do what I can do You may disappear, you're not forgotten here And I will say to you, I will do what I can do And I will do what I can do And I will do what I can do |
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8.
Kiss of Life
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See me a big woman, big woman look how you dance See me a big woman, big woman caught in a trance In a trance Dancing on the tabletop, covered up with the Easter feast You're dancing for the fishermen, from the very large, right to the least Dancing for the slow release, first the boy and then the beast Then the beast Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life See me a big woman, big woman so full of life See me a big woman, big woman going to be my wife Watching for the different eyes - they change your face - they come inside Watch for the spirits laugh and cry, watch them find a placeto hide Watch the spirits talk in tongues, watch them take you for a ride Down at the ocean lies a body in the sand Big woman sits beside, head in hand With heat from her skin and fire from her breath She blows hard, she blows deep in the mouth of death Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life |