Genesis The Carpet Crawlers

The carpet crawlers are sperm the red ochre corridor is the vagina needle s winking eye is perhaps the opening of the vagina or cervix only one direction is towards the waiting egg the spiral staircase is the fallopian tube the porcelain manquin is maybe the egg itself and the clincher you ve got to get in to get out.

Genesis the carpet crawlers. Lyrically the song tells the section of the album s story whereby rael the lead character finds himself in. Watch this live performance of carpet crawlers from genesis dvd when in rome from 2007. The carpet crawlers heed their callers. Peter gabriel the genious of genesis performing my favourite track the carpet crawlers.

There is lambswool under my. He returns from his mixed up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in. Complete your genesis collection. This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor.

They re moving in time to a heavy wooden door where the needle s eye is winking closing in on the poor. There is lambswool under my naked feet the wool is soft and warm gives off some kind of heat a salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid. The song was originally from the 1974 genesis concept album the. For my second sight of people they ve more lifeblood than before.

Lyrics to carpet crawlers by genesis. Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about genesis the carpet crawlers at discogs. Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel.