TRESPASS
released in 1970 Tony Banks - Peter Gabriel - Mike Rutherford - Anthony Phillips - John Mayhew ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (Banks/L: Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for someone, I guess I'm doing that Trying to find a mem'ry in a dark room Dirty man, you're looking like a Buddha I know you well - yeah - Keep on a straight line, I don't believe I can Trying to find a needle in a haystack Chlly wind you're piercing like a dagger It hurts me so - yeah - Nobody needs to discover me I'm back again You see the sunlight through the Trees to keep you warm In peaceful shades of green Yet in the darkness of my mind Damascus wasn't far behind Lost in a subway, I guess I'm losing time There's a man looking at a magazine You're such a fool, your mumbo-jumbo Never tells me anything - yeah - Nobody needs to discover me I'm back again You feel the ashes from the Fire that keep you warm Its comfort disappears And still the only friend I know Will never tell me where to go Looking for someone And now I've found myself a name Come away, leave me All that I have I will give Leave me, leave me All that I am I will give ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE MOUNTAIN (L: Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage The fox lay asleep in his lair Fang's frantic paws told the tale of his sin Far off the chase shrieked revenge Outcast he trespassed where no wolf my tread The last sacred haunt of the dead He learnt of a truth which only one wolk may know The sceptre and crown of a king Howling for blood, One-eye leads on the pack Plunging through forest and snowstorm Steep rose the ridge, ghostly peaks climbed the sky Fang sped through jungles of ice Hard on his tail, One-ey drew from the pack - An old hero conquered by none Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead Descent was the only escape A wolf never flees in the face of his foe Fang knew the price he would pay One-eye stood before him With the crown upon his head Sceptre raised to deal the deadly blow Fang, son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek The laws of the brethren say this: That only the king sees the crown of the gods And he, the usurper, must die Snarling he tore at the throat of his foe But Fang fought the herd in vain Dawn saw the white mountain tinted with red - Never would the crown leave again One-eye hid the crown and with laurels on his head Returned amongst the tribe and dwelt in peace ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VISIONS OF ANGELS (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/L: Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Standing in a forest gazing at the sun Looking at the trees but there's not even one See a rippling stream that smiles and then goes by run to feel its comfort but the water's dry I see her face and run to take her hand Why she is never there I don't understand the trumpets sound my whole world crumbles down Visions of angels all around dance in the sky Leaving me here forever goodbye As the leaves will crumble so will fall my love for the fragile beauty of our lives must fade Though I once remember echoes of my youth now I sense no past, no love that ends in love Take this dream the stars have filled with light As the blossom glides like snowflakes from the trees In vengeance to a god no-one can reach Visions of angels all around dance in the sky Leaving me here forever goodbye Ice is moving and world's begin to freeze see the sunlight stopped and deadened by the breeze Minds are empty bodies more insensitive some believe that when they die they really live I belive there never is an end God gave up this world its people long ago Why she's never there I still don't understand Vision's of angels all around dance in the sky Leaving me here Forever goodbye ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STAGNATION (Banks/L: Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Here today the red sky tells his tale but only listening eyes are mine There is peace amongst the hills and the night will cover all my pride Blest are they who smile from bodies free seems to me like any other crowd who are waiting to be saved Wait, there is still time for washing in the pool wash away the past Moon, my long-lost friend is smiling from above smiling at my tears Come we'll walk the path to take us to my home keep outisde the night The ice-cold knife has come to decorate the dead somehow And each will find a home And there will still be time for loving my friend - You are there - And I will wait for ever, beside the silent mirror and fish for bitter minnows amongst the weeds and slimy water I want to sit down I want a drink - I want a dring To take all the dust and the dirt from my throat To wash out the filth that is deep in my guts [repeat and fade] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DUSK (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/L: Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See my hand is trembling touching all that's real Once it stroked love's body now it claws the past The scent of a flower The colours of the morning Friends to believe in Tears soon forgotten See how the rain drives away, another day If a leave is fallen does the tree lie broken? If we draw some water does the well run dry? The sigh of a mother The screaming of lovers Like two angry tigers They tear at each other See how for him lifetime's fears disappear Once Jesus suffered Heaven could not see him Now my shit is sinking Teh captain stands alone A pawn on the chessboard A false move by God will now destroy me But wait, on the horizon A new dawn seems to be rising Never to recall the passerby, born to die ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE KNIFE (Banks/L: Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell me my life is about to begin Tell me that I am a hero Promise me all of our violent dreams Light up your body with anger Now, in this ugly world it is time to destroy this evil Now, when I give the world are you ready to fight for your freedom? Now - Stand up and fight, for you know we are right We must strike at the lies That have spread like disease through our minds Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest And we'll spread out our kindness To all who our love now diserve Some of you are going to die Martyrs of course ot the freedom that I shall provide I'll give you the names of those you must kill All must die with their children Carry their heads to the palace of old Have them on stakes let the blood flow Now, in this hate-filled world we must break all the chains that have bound us Now, the crusade has begun we shall make this a land fit for heroes Stand up and fight, for you know we are right We are only wanting freedom Some of you are going to die Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Gabriel: lead voice, flute, accordion, tambourine, bass drum Anthony Phillips: acoustic 12 string, lead electric, dulcimer, voices Anthony Banks: organ, piano, mellotron, guitar, voices Michael Rutherford: acoustic 12 string, electric bass, nylon, cello, voices John Mayhew: Drums, Percussion
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