Peter Gabriel – Slowburn Lyrics  Share

From Peter Gabriel's album: Peter Gabriel 1

We^,re character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burned out hardly able
To sit astride the high wire cable
It^,s hard to balance, a little unstable.

Through broken eyes and contact lenses
(I) Watched you draw your future tenses
See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
You^,re back telling me your Apocalypse.

Don^,t get me wrong, I^,ll be strong
When the slowburn sunset come along
You^,ve gotta stay the night
I gotta think that you might.

We^,ve tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
We^,ve tried making movies from a volume of stills
(But) the words fell like hailstones,
bouncing at our feet,
Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.
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A chance to move, I take a shot
I get cold - you get hot
We look outside, lyin^, awake
See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.

But don^,t get me wrong, I^,ll be strong
When I^,m back on the Isle of Avalon
Dont get me wrong, I^,ll be strong
When the slow burn sunset come along
You^,ve got to stay the night
I^,ve got to think that you might.

Don^,t try (to) make it easy, it^,ll cut you down to size
Darlin^, we^,ve got to trust in something
We^,re shooting down our skies
shooting down (shooting down) our skies
(shooting down our ...)
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