Peter Gabriel

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave.Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave.

Shaking the Tree, 1990

There's nothing to gain when there's nothing to be lost.There's nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost.Make the decision that you can be who you can be,You can be.Tasting the fruit come to the Liberty Tree.

Shaking the Tree, 1990

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream.It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch.This place is so quiet, sensing that storm.

Red Rain, 1986

Red rain-Putting the pressure on much harder nowTo return again and again.Just let the red rain splash you,Let the rain fall on your skin.I come to you defenses down,With the trust of a child.

Red Rain, 1986

In this proud land we grew up strong;We were wanted all along.I was taught to fight, taught to win;I never thought I could fail.No fight left or so it seems;I am a man whose dreams have all deserted.I've changed my face, I've changed my name,But no one wants you when you lose.

Don't Give Up; duet written by Gabriel, sung with Kate Bush, 1986

You could have a steam trainIf you'd just lay down your tracks.You could have an aeroplane flyingIf you bring your blue sky back.All you do is call me.I'll be anything you need.

Sledgehammer, 1986

Red rain is coming down.Red rain.Red rain is pouring down,Pouring down all over me.

Red Rain, 1986

Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please.Monkey, monkey, monkey.Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?

Shock The Monkey, 1982

I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark Any chance collision and I light up in the dark There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair Oh, do I dare... I have the touch.

I Have The Touch, 1982

The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people — I like it all so much Such a mass of motion — do not know where it goes I move with the movement and... I have the touch.

I Have The Touch, 1982

Fox the fox Rat on the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey.

Shock The Monkey, 1982

Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games Hiding out in tree-tops shouting out rude names — whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside — whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle. It’s a knockout.

Games Without Frontiers, 1980

French for "Games without frontiers" (background vocals throughout the song, sung by Kate Bush)

Games Without Frontiers, 1980

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja — The man is dead.

Yihla Moja are Xhosa words which can be translated "Come Spirit.", 1980

If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers — war without tears.

Games Without Frontiers, 1980