The Story Of Ovo Lyrics - Peter Gabriel

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A long time ago, in a far away land 

Theo was the man who learned to understand 

The riches of the earth 

And all that it was worth 

The first man that ever tried to stand with his own plan 

Now this man was all about the wind rain and trees 

He knew that it would take care of all of his families 

Now Ion was the son who spent his nights and days 

Looking for all kinds of ways to get his father's praise 

In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress 

Make it faster, stronger is what he tried to stress 

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Sofia was the girl 

Living in her own world 

She found love and joy with a young sky boy 

Sky boys were seen as less to the rest 

So it would seem 

Sofia went into the woods to daydream 

With love in her eyes 

Her own father would despise 

Her love for the young sky boy he would destroy 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch the world go by 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch as life goes by 

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When Theo was gone, his son Ion took the power 

And in his daddy's name, he built the biggest strongest tower 

The earth people and sky people divided by machines 

And the ones who had nothing were the ones who had the wings 

The sky boy just wanted everything to be equal 

From full-time lover to now fighting for his people 

Now Beth was the mom 

Who really loved to weave 

She couldn't believe her own son would decieve 

The sky people got hungry and their welfare was ignored 

She let them in the tower and the bloody battle roared 

Down came iron and the tower fell as well 

The dark days were over and the sky people's hell 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch the world go by 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch as life goes by 

Sofia and the sky boy had long been kept apart 

Sofia grief was faded it was joy that filled her heart 

Wrapped in his loving wings Sofia took her man 

So the earth and sky united 

It was all father's plan 

Theo kept an acorn 

Sofia had carefully safely saved 

It was planted in the ground that her brother had once paved 

With a rustling and a creaking an unearthly sound 

Something big started growing right out of the fertile ground 

It was the biggest tree that any of the people ever seen 

And it covered up the sky with a layer of leafy green 

Then it rained and it rained and they watched the waters rise 

Then Sofia led her people to the safety of the skies 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch the world go by 

Feet in the earth 

Heads in the sky 

We watch as life goes by 

She climbed and she climbed 

But never giving up 

So pregnant and exhausted 

Finally made it to the top 

She looked into the sky and the world began to turn 

And with a single cry a new baby had arrived 

With OVO in his nest, everyone one had done their best 

To prepare for the world and every single test 

Soon he was blessed and as his mother stood by 

He was soon released and sailed off into the sky