The Carpet Crawlers 1999

Lyrics

[Intro: Peter Gabriel] There is lamb's wool under my naked feet The wool is soft and warm Gives off some kind of heat A salamander scurries Into flame to be destroyed Imaginary creatures Are trapped in birth on celluloid The fleas cling to the golden fleece Hoping they'll find peace Each thought and gesture Are caught in celluloid There's no hiding in my memory There's no room to avoid [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] The crawlers cover the floor In the red ocher corridor For my second sight of people They've more life blood than before They're moving in time To a heavy wooden door Where the needle's eye is winking Closing on the poor [Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins] The carpet crawlers heed their callers "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] There's only one direction In the faces that I see It's upward to the ceiling Where the chamber's said to be Like the forest fight for sunlight That takes root in every tree They are pulled up by the magnet Believing they're free [Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins] The carpet crawlers heed their callers "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) [Verse 3: Phil Collins] Mild mannered supermen Are held in kryptonite And the wise and foolish virgins giggle With their bodies glowing bright Through the door a harvest feast Is lit by candlelight It's the bottom of a staircase That spirals out of sight [Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel] The carpet crawlers heed their callers "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) The carpet crawlers heed their callers "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) "We've got to get in to get out" (Out) [Outro: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins] To get out We've got to get in to get out, get out of the chamber We've got to get in, get out, get in, got to, got to We've got to get in to get out, oh, got to get in to get out We've got to get in to get out, gotta get in to get out We've got to get in to get out We've got to get in to get out, get in to get out Got to get in, get in, to get out Got to get in to get out