The Tower That Ate People Songtext

von Peter Gabriel

The tower that ate people

Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick
There's a bump in the basement. There's a knocking on the wall
In the pumping of the pistons I swear I heard your call
There's a bump in the basement there's a hole in the floor
There's a guard in the garden locking up the door.
There's a rumble in the floorboards. No shutting out the sound.
And the workers below me digging underground
Feel the building all around me
Like a wrap of armoured skin, but the more we're protected
The more we're trapped within
We're building up and up. We're building up and up.
We're building up and up. We're building up and up
'til we can touch the sky. Tell it like it is
'til there's no misunderstanding. When you strip it right back.
Man feed machine .machine feed man
Tell it like it is 'til there's no misunderstanding
You make up what you like
Man feed machine machine feed man