Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Slowburn, artist - Peter Gabriel.
Date of issue: 31.12.2008
Song language: English
Slowburn |
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 |
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 |
the words fell like hailstones, |
bouncing at our feet, |
Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet. |
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 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 our skies |