Lyrics Moribund The Burgermeister - Peter Gabriel

Moribund The Burgermeister

Caught the chaos in the market square
I don’t know what, I don’t know why
But something’s wrong down there
Their bodies twisting and turning in a thousand ways
The eyes all rolling round and round to a distant gaze
I look at that crowd
Some are jumping up in the air
Say, «We're drowning in a torrent of blood!»
Others going down on their knees
Seen a savior come out of the mud
Oh, Mother!
It’s eating out my soul
Destroying law and order
I’m going to lose control
What can I do to stop this plague
Spread by sight alone?
Just a glimpse and then a quiver
Then they shiver to the bone
I look at them go
Bunderschaft, are you going daft?
Better seal off the castle grounds
«This is Moribund, the Burgermeister
Gonna keep the monster down
Somebody sent the subversive element
Gonna chase it out of town»
No-one will tell what all this is about
But I will find out
I will find out
I will find out
This thing’s outrageous, I tell you on the level
It’s really so contagious, must be the work of the devil
You better go now, pick up the pipers
And tell them to play
Seems the music keeps them quiet
There is no other way
I close the doors
«We've tried potions and waxen dolls
But none of us could find any cures»
Mother please, is it just a disease
That has them breaking all my laws?
Check if you can disconnect the effect
And I’ll go after the cause
No-one will tell what all this is about
But I will find out
I will find out
I will find out
Mother, you know your son
When I say I will, I will