Slowburn Lyrics - Car - Peter Gabriel

We're character actors from the Tower of Babel 

Bewildered, burnt 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. 

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We've tried a hanful of bills and a handful of pills 

We've tried making movies from a volume of stills 

But 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 

Don't 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. 

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Don't try to 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.