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Slowburn is a track by Peter Gabriel, taken from the album “Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Remastered)”, released November 25, 2011 on Real World Productions Ltd.. It runs 4:36. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Moribund The Burgermeister, Solsbury Hill, Modern Love. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Slowburn
- Artist
- Peter Gabriel
- Release
- Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Remastered)
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 4:36
- Release date
- November 25, 2011
- Record label
- Real World Productions Ltd.
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songWe're character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burnt 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 hanful 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
Don't 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 to 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.
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More from Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Remastered)
- 01 Moribund The Burgermeister 4:20
- 02 Solsbury Hill 4:21
- 03 Modern Love 3:38
- 04 Excuse Me 3:20
- 05 Humdrum 3:25
- 06 Waiting For The Big One 7:15
- 07 Down The Dolce Vita 5:05
- 08 Here Comes The Flood 5:38