Peter Gabriel

Growing Up

folded in your fleshy purse
I am floating once again
while the muted sounds are pumping rhythm
all the walls close in on me
pressure’s building wave on wave
till the water breaks - and outside I go, oh

one dot, that’s on or off, defines what is or what is not, one dot
two dot, a pair of eyes, a voice, a touch, complete surprise, two dot
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

three dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe,
three dot
four dot, is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it’s all there,
four dot

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

all the slow clowds pass us by
make the Emipre State look high
as you take me in your sea-stained sweetnes
it spills, it tingles and it stings
all the pleasure that it brings
‘til the door has let the outside inside here

well on the floor there’s a long wooden table
on the table there’s an open book
on the page there’s a detailed drawing
and on the drawing is the name I took

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live

my ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside in your space
my ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside in your space
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside in your space
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside in your space

the breathing stops, I don’t know when
in transition once again
such a struggle getting through these changes
and it all seems so absurd
to be flying like a bird
when I do not feel I’ve really landed here.