Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood
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When the night shows
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the signals grow on radios
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All the strange things
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they come and go, as early warnings
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Stranded starfish have no place to hide
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still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
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There's no point in direction
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we cannot even choose a side
I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nail sunk in the cloud
the rain was warm and soaked the crowd
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Lord, here comes the flood
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We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
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If again the seas are silent
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in any still alive
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It'll be those who gave their island to survive
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Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thundercrash
You're a thousand minds within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actor's gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn
they'll use up what we used to be
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
