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song list next song Peter Gabriel: Letter Q Peter Gabriel: Secret World Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree - Sixteen Golden Greats Peter Gabriel: So Red Rain
(Gabriel)
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
this place is so quiet, sensing that storm

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me

well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
there is no blood around see no sign of pain
hay ay ay no pain
seeing no red at all, see no rain

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me

red rain-
putting the pressure on much harder now
to return again and again
just let the red rain splash you
let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defences down
with the trust of a child

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
and I can't watch any more
no more denial
it's so hard to lay down in all of this
red rain is coming down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming down all over me
I see it
red rain is coming down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming down all over me
I'm bathing in it
red rain coming down
red rain is coming down
red rain is coming down all over me
I'm begging you
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
over me in the red red sea
over me
over me
red rain
song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Birdy Peter Gabriel: Plays Live Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (4th album: Security) The Rhythm Of The Heat
(Gabriel)
see also the German version, Rhythmus Der Hitze
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

Drawn across the plainland
To the place that is higher
Drawn into the circle
That dances round the fire
We spit into out hands
And breathe across the palms
Raising them up high
Help open to the sun

Self-conscious, uncertain
I'm showered with the dust
The spirit enter 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
song list Peter Gabriel: Letter S previous song Peter Gabriel: Deutsches Album Rhythmus Der Hitze
(Gabriel)
see also the English version, The Rhythm Of The Heat
Ich oeffne das Fenster
seh, wie roter Staub sich klaert
Auf dem roten Felsen
steht der Schatten mit dem Speer

Mein Fuss spuert das Land
Es glueht rot weiss
Es naehrt sich vom Blut
Es lebt. Es ist heiss

       Der Rhythmus ist unter mir
       Der Rhythmus zieht mich mit
       Der Rhythmus ist ueber mir
       Der Rhythmus haelt mich fest
       Der Rhythmus ist in mir
       Der Rhythmus hat meine Seele

Durch die Steppe zieht's mich
zum Berg - auf den Platz
zieht mich in den Kreis
der um das Feuer tanzt
Wir spucken in die Hand
atmen auf der Haut
oeffnen Haende weit
wenn die Sonne kommt

Bin bei mir - verlier mich
der Staub bedeckt mich ganz
und langsam dringt es ein
und ich - ich lass - es zu

       Schlag das Radio -
       keine Stimme mehr von draussen
       Schlag die Uhr -
       den Tag nicht in Stuecke reissen
       Schlag die Kamera -
       kann kein Leben mehr rauben
       Der Rhythmus ist ueber mir
       Der Rhythmus haelt mich fest
       Der Rhythmus ist in mir
       Der Rhythmus hat meine Seele