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    Posted: March 17 2020 at 07:42
What is your favorite song lyric from genesis. So if you had to read the lyrics as poetry which song would be the best
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I always liked the lyrics to The Lamia. A bit dark, but also very poetic and beautifully descriptive.

Honourable mentions to Fountain of Salmacis, Ripples & One for the Vine.
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I total agree with you Peter Gabriel’s rhymes flow like butter in that song
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Mad Man Moon is a nice simple poem---not too abstract but very nice.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2020 at 09:29
I like the lyrics to Carpet Crawlers, absolutely no idea what they mean though.
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i know whats carpet crawlers is about. It about how people try to follow the dreams/ goals given to them. They are like babys that don't know what they want to do with their lives. if you don't find this explanation good you can go here https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/1641/   
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I always liked the lyrics to The Lamia. A bit dark, but also very poetic and beautifully descriptive.

Honourable mentions to Fountain of Salmacis, Ripples & One for the Vine.
These. I’d throw in White Mountain, Dusk, Carpet Crawlers and Mad Man Moon too. Entangled, yes. Maybe I’d move that to the top right under the Lamia.


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Oh, Blood on the Rooftops is another honorable mention.
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Two have already been mentioned (Carpet Crawlers and Blood On The Rooftops) but The Knife always appealed to me lyrically as well.
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Blood on the Rooftops
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Blood on the Rooftops.
Ripples
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Is Land Of Confusion  The sequel to Blood on The Rooftop 
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Watcher of the Skies and Firth of Fifth
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Originally posted by A Bard A Bard wrote:

Is Land Of Confusion  The sequel to Blood on The Rooftop 
 

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Home By The Sea is an awesome, novel story.

Supper's Ready is like an acid trip dosed incorrectly.

The Battle of Epping Forest, for me, is the most visual description of "WTF is happening" that Peter Gabriel ever penned IMHO. I think this is why so many hate it, besides how long a track it is LOL. Imagery overload! Short fat tuxedo wearing men climbing up trees with sling shots full of acorns, local businesses settling vendettas, a clean up crew and the rich judges showing up by limo too late to find only "goo" remaining, lmao.

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Mad Man Moon..

'Within the valley of shadowless death
They pray for thunderclouds and rain,
But to the multitude who stand in the rain
Heaven is where the sun shines.
The grass will be greener till the stems turn to brown
And thoughts will fly higher till the earth brings them down.
Forever caught in desert lands one has to learn
To disbelieve the sea.'
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The Chamber of 32 Doors
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Home By The Sea is an awesome, novel story.

Supper's Ready is like an acid trip dosed incorrectly.

The Battle of Epping Forest, for me, is the most visual description of "WTF is happening" that Peter Gabriel ever penned IMHO. I think this is why so many hate it, besides how long a track it is LOL. Imagery overload! Short fat tuxedo wearing men climbing up trees with sling shots full of acorns, local businesses settling vendettas, a clean up crew and the rich judges showing up by limo too late to find only "goo" remaining, lmao.
 

I never tried to picture The Battle of Epping forest. I couldn't get plot of it. I know its a gang war that takes in epping forest    
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Originally posted by A Bard A Bard wrote:


I never tried to picture The Battle of Epping forest. I couldn't get plot of it. I know its a gang war that takes in epping forest    
 
Well that's pretty much it.
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Supper’s Ready
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