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peter gabriel – the family and the fishing net (live) [athens 1987] lyrics

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[verse 1]
suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams
her honey belly pulls the seams
the curves are stiff upon the hinge
pale zeros tinge the tiger skin

[verse 2]
moist as gr-ss, ripe and heavy is the night
the sponge is full, well out of sight
all around the conversations
icing on the warm flesh cake

[verse 3]
light creeps through her secret tunnels
sucked into the open sp-ces
burning out in sudden flashes
draining blood from well-fed faces

[interlude]

[verse 4]
desire forms in subtle whispers
flex the muscles in denial
up and down its pristine cage
so the music, so the trial

[chorus 1]
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

[interlude]

[verse 5]
even as the soft skins tingle
they mingle with the homeless mother
loves the day but lives another
once was hers

[verse 6]
worried father, long lost lover
brushes ashes with his broom
rehe-rs-s jokes to fly and hover
bursting over the bride and groom

[interlude]
the talk goes on

[bridge]
memories crash on all the waves
the lifeguards whom the winter saves
memories crash on all the waves
the lifeguards whom the winter saves

[verse 7]
silence falls the guillotine
all the doors are shut
nervous hands grip tight the knife
in the darkness, ’til the cake is cut

[chorus 2]
and p-ssed around, cut and p-ssed around
in little pieces, in little pieces
the body, the body and the flesh
family, family
and the fishing net, and the fishing net
another, another
another in the mesh

[outro]
the body and the flesh
and the flesh

- peter gabriel lyrics

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