Slowburn — текст песни (Peter Gabriel)

We`re character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burned 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.

We`ve tried a handful 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
Dont 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.

Don`t try 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