DOWNSIDE - I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

PETER GABRIEL I looked up at the tallest building Felt it falling down I could feel my balance shifting Everything was moving around These streets so fixed and solid Ah shimmering haze And everything that I relied on disappeared Downside up, upside down Take my weight from the ground Falling deep in the sky Slipping in the unknown All the strangers look like family All the family looks so strange The only constant I am sure of Is this accelerating rate of change Downside up, upside down Take my weight off the ground Falling deep in the sky Slipping in the unknown I stand here Watch you spinning Until I am drawn in A centripetal force You pull me in Pull me in Pull me in Pull me in Pull me in Pull me in Ovo ovo ovo Ovo ovo ovo Ovo ovo ovo Ovo ovo ovo Ovo ovo ovo Ovo ovo ovo Downside up Upside down Take my weight off the ground Falling deep in the sky Slipping into the unknown

Pack your bags and hug your mom Been dreaming about leaving for so long You start to cry as you crank the truck Yeah, that's the downside of growing up Fixin' up your brand new place First day in and something breaks Your dad ain't there to get you unstuck Yeah, that's the downside of growing up But, that's alright, that's okay It's just the way you find your way It's the road you gotta take to get where you're going And you're gonna twist, you're gonna turn But it's how you're gonna learn A lot about life, a lot about love On the downside of growing up It starts out as a single date Before too long, he's your everything 'Til he leaves you standing in a cloud of dust Yeah, that's the downside of growing up But that's alright, that's okay It's just the way you find your way It's the road you gotta take to get where you're going You're gonna twist, you're gonna turn But it's how you're gonna learn A lot about life, a lot about love On the downside of growing up I know what you're feeling Yeah, I understand 'Cause where you are is where I've been And where I still am And I'm alright, I'm okay Yeah, I know I'll find my way On the road I gotta take to get where I'm going And I'm gonna twist, I'm gonna turn But it's how I'm gonna learn A lot about life, a lot about love On the downside of growing up A lot about life, a lot about love On the downside of growing up Ooh, yeah

You've got the devil on your shoulder You better shut your mouth just like I told you You've been controlling me through fiction It's obvious, I've got to break you like a bad addiction Oh, I can't say no I'm losing control I'm having bad dreams And nothing you can do will keep the Bad things away from me until I fall asleep Bad dreams, despite your good intentions The girl is like an architect And I am just a new invention I am just a new invention I am just a new invention You've got to choose between your faces Feels like you're running out of holy places And now the room is getting quiet (shh) Oh, what a shame Nobody taught you how to read and riot Oh, bless my soul I'm losing control I'm having bad dreams And nothing you can do will keep the Bad things away from me until I fall asleep Bad dreams, despite your good intentions The girl is like an architect And I am just a new invention I am just a new invention I am just a new invention It's a miracle I'm standing You're dragging me back into having (Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad) I'm having bad dreams And nothing you can do will keep the Bad things away from me until I fall asleep Bad dreams, despite your good intentions The girl is like an architect And I am just a new invention I am just a new invention (bad dreams, bad dreams) I am just a new invention (I can't sleep, having bad dreams) I am just a new invention (I can't sleep, can't sleep) I am just a new invention

I need you here I need you here And if ever there's some place that I've got to be Then I need you here with me There is no other place in this world that I'd rather be If I can't be at home then I'll send my apologies Can't you stay right here forever pretty please? I need you here with me I need you here I need you here I need you here And if ever there's some place that I've got to be Then I need you here with me Where do you go When you're not home? It won't be long 'Til you are grown I love you so I love you, too So I'll stay right here with you Sometimes daddy has to leave That makes me sad But daddy will always come back He promised There is no other place in this world that I'd rather be If I can't be at home then I'll send my apologies To you To you (oh) I need you here I, I need you here I need you here I, I need you here And That makes me happy

I'm a teenage beauty queen of sorts Calculated, cold, without remorse We can go to town We can turn around We can do anything Disseminate disease Doing anything That we please Only if you'd like me to I could fall in love with you Only if you'd like me to Fall in love Darling, you're a holy quarantine New romantic Philistine Oh, we can turn around We can burn this town to ash As charming as we are We are nothing but pretty trash Only if you'd like me to I could fall in love with you Only if you'd like me to Fall in love Oh I love you so Never let me go Beautiful Quarantine Circumvent me

Bring to me Your sons and daughters 'Cause absinthe makes the heart grow fonder No, I don't care what momma says You'll wind me up or you'll wind up dead I don't care what momma says I don't believe whatever this is Until you burn all of the witches I won't believe whatever this is Whatever they give you, stop drinking it down If I were you Then I'd stop talking 'Cause soon you'll be a dead man walking I don't care what momma says You'll wind me up or you'll wind up dead I don't care what momma says I don't believe whatever this is Until you burn all of the witches I won't believe whatever this is Whatever they give you, stop drinking it down I hear voices, I see visions These spirits are your prison I hear voices, I see visions These spirits are your prison I don't believe whatever this is Until you burn all of the witches I won't believe whatever this is Until you burn all of the witches I don't believe whatever this is

Wait Don't hold your breath for goodness' sake Nobody's home But you've got Parliaments filled with parasites Plus marquees with your name in lights A star is born and that's the trade For everyone you know Let's go paint the town On our way home The blinking lights Are breaking bones Cast all your spells And then you have That good old fashioned razzmatazz Oh You broke my heart again You climbed up on your ivory tower And you paid off all my friends And now well Some things just cannot be fixed With sparkled tongues and politics In a facist little paradox We all become anonymous Let's go paint the town On our way home The blinking lights Are breaking bones Cast all your spells And then you have That good old fashioned razzmatazz Let's go paint the town On our way home The blinking lights Are breaking bones Cast all your spells And then you have That good old fashioned razzmatazz Complete