Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers Lyrics






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 fleas cling to the golden fleece,
Hoping they'll find peace.
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid.
There's no hiding in my memory.
There's no room to void.

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before.
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in, to get out."

There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chambers said to be.
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing that they're free.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in, to get out."

Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in, to get out."

The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
And the eager pack lift up their pitchers- they carry all they lack.
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
And the tickler takes his stickleback.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in, to get out."





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  1. R.... C....

    Genesis :leggenda in eterno

  2. R.... L....

    Magic. Genius. Endless.

  3. E.... E....

    Peter Gabriel 😍🌹

  4. P.... K....

    I Love this Song so much since I've heard it for the first time !!! MAGIC - FEELING - GREAT - EMOTIONS. Peter Gabriel was 26 years old when he wrote this song. What was going on in his head and what kind of emotions did he have to write such a great song. One of the best songs ever !!! WOW - LOVE !!!

  5. I.... R....

    What classic one of Their best Songs Ever

  6. M.... B....

    What happens when for no reason at all the headlights are expanding out to some areas that can't help but open alot arms whose only sights we're on the last people you thought in the world could take into thier arms and show what happens when you throw them a beam to which can only love the choices that our feet have in front of them . I know what has glory written all over it , and it doesn't stand for an eye that one day will beg borrow and steal for it , it , fully understands the need and leaves little doubt that you don't , what might get in the way of the obvious are a likely hood that it will serve a nagging chronic pain any justice with it's very lazy counterpart . I don't have nose , one im going to stick out or in the path of what should easily be dismissed and only take to the watering hole what an ocean has little difficulty in rationalizing , I want my results to uncover s distinct taste that will order up and lay down the last thing I ever wanted to happen ! My ass burning helplessly away in what could possibly be a misguided food for thought that is some really deep shit you know perfectly well only has two options !

  7. M.... ....

    Why do I watch them most the time but have ridden few in a imaginary sense

  8. J.... P....

    A P L A U S O S ! ! !

  9. a.... ....

    Peter Gabriel il genio.

  10. M.... B....

    They say you have to have a short memory to make sure it doesn't get you caught up in what life can sometimes dish out like it was free spoiled ice cream that somehow left you blindsided while scooping down a little to good to be true . When I want to be reminded of a past , one I should of been driving home , it's not really an issue that has to have extra , extra nuts bolting or slowing to some music , it just needs keep hum drum and tweedle dumb in some place that reminds me of how a privilege I never took lightly served some miles so completely lit , it's a wonder im still alive . I long for the day that has it's eye on a prize I couldn't recognize and a night foolish enough to pop it open like it was just a question of time . Your on the road to nowhere and especially when sucks all the life out of you in a heartbeat , the one road I leave well enough alone has got a special place in my heart that is always going to need a good looksee by what everybody claims to be insanity !

  11. P.... ....

    Peter Gabriel Is Genesis.

  12. m.... j....

    Este tema es Único! !!!!! SUBLIME TEMA DE GÉNESIS! !!!!!

  13. M.... ....

    If you are old enough to have been there this song makes you think of your life.........
    that's why we cry.

  14. J.... B....

    like Pink Floyd The Wall you need to hear the album from beginning to end. shuffling won't do.

  15. R.... R....

    In 1973 in HS met a guitarist. Asked him what he listened to “Genesis”. Who else? I asked. “Genesis”. I thought that was ridiculous to be so obsessed with one group. 1974-1975 I mostly listed to Genesis, 2 hours everyday! I still adore this music. I wish I could thank that guitarist

  16. M.... P....

    krásne,neskutočne krásne

  17. A.... G....

    Voi 700 e rotti non state bene

  18. M.... B....

    We are in a process that along the way we are suppose to recognize a vision that someday will make quick business of anyone's claim to fame to which all who wanted a good look at prosperity were never going to be accused of having a special interest in what will undoubtedly last forever
    To see what is invisible or what thinks clearly when pushed in front of a wheel has got to acknowledge the road less taken with a grain of salt that alot of cold indifferent food for thought is ready to serve up and splash down what lands on it's feet , not just because it's well balanced , but also in how it plays to some music that will keep everybody alive and kicking . Let's not begin in the last place anybody ever expected to die and end where the first and foremost called out to a particular reason , one love has in it's most passionate way hits a remarkable hole with astonishing resolve , leaving us all with some very questionable made in the shade . I got some sense that our instincts are not what separates but more what keeps us together during what can outshine some work we don't see as pertinent until it's under another brilliant light that will thank it's lucky stars they aren't going to play any role in providing where cold as steel motherfuckers get to the business of making a few repairs are beautiful heavenly bodies just couldn't seem to get out of the way of ! A Stock Market Crash , really ?

  19. H.... S....

    The best master work.

  20. L.... R....

    que temon papa !!!

  21. s.... d....

    Simplemente deliciosa...

  22. M.... G....

    It s a wonderful song...thw fantasy fly.

  23. J.... M....

    MAYBE THE BEST RECORDED TAKE EVER!...

  24. j.... ....

    LA or San Diego area: I'm looking for someone to either donate (or sell for a low price) 1 or 2 tickets to a concert from The Musical Box (amazing Genesis tribute band) in San Juan Capistrano on 12/14/2019 (I told a friend I would go and he got tickets for me but it will be very difficult for me to go there on that day) - anyone interested ? Jeff: [email protected]

  25. M.... o....

    i was in 12th grade

  26. R.... D....

    Poetry.

  27. L.... P....

    TORINO ITALY 24 3 1975.PALASPORT RUFINI. TICKET NUMBER 01569.FANTASTIC CONCERT.18.000 PEOPLE.TODAY I AM STILL LISTENING TO THEIR MUSIC, AND I AM MOVED BY MY MISSING FRIENDS WHO HAVE DISAPPEARED TOO SOON IN HEAVEN.

  28. F.... K....

    Magical voices.
    Magical times.

  29. m.... m....

    🙏🏻 There is lambs wool under my naked feet
    The wool is soft and warm
    Gives off some kind of heat
    A salamander scurries into fame to be destroyed
    Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid
    The fleas cling to the golden fleece
    Hoping they'll find peace
    Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
    There's no hiding in my memory
    There's no room to avoid
    The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor
    For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
    They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
    Where the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor
    The carpet crawlers heed their callers
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out

  30. D.... P....

    just tried "carpet callers
    1999" lasted about 2 mins and now , as you can see I'm back!

  31. D.... T....

    [Verse 1]
    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 fleas cling to the golden fleece
    Hoping they'll find peace
    Each thought and gesture
    Are caught in celluloid
    There's no hiding in my memory
    There's no room to avoid

    [Verse 2]
    The crawlers cover the floor
    In the red ochre corridor
    For my second sight of people
    They've more lifeblood than before
    They're moving in time
    To a heavy wooden door
    Where the needle's eye is winking
    Closing in on the poor


    [Refrain]
    The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
    "We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out"

    [Verse 3]
    There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
    It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be
    Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree
    They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free

    [Refrain]
    The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
    "We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out"

    [Verse 4]
    Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
    And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright
    Through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
    It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

    [Refrain]
    The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
    "We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out"


    [Verse 5]
    The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack
    The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack
    The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack
    And the tickler takes his stickleback

    [Refrain]
    The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
    "We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out"

    [Outro]
    "We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out
    We've got to get in to get out"

    The carpet crawlers heed their callers
    "We've got to get in to get out"

  32. A.... G....

    Superior to the 1999 remake. Masterpiece,hands off.

  33. L.... S....

    Mi grupo favorito.

  34. t.... ....

    My grass listen to this... becomes weed

  35. t.... ....

    Soft and warm...

  36. S.... M....

    love love love!!

  37. Q.... M....

    One of greatest albums ever made.

  38. P.... R....

    Many years ago,but he was the best friend of my life...!

  39. G.... B....

    Il meglio

  40. P.... J....

    ALWAYS ALWAYS UTTERLY ORGASMIC !!

  41. T.... F....

    Belíssimo, não há palavras....

  42. P.... L....

    An incredible song; later versions don’t come anywhere close to the original’s perfection. The lamb lies down was the last great Genesis album in my opinion and the band took a nose dive into the 80’s....

    P.... L....

    A Trick of the Tail has some good songs (Ripples, Entangled, Los Endos) but ugh, some of the 80s stuff they did in later albums.

    P.... L....

    Tony England yep, they went from an excellent prog band to pop mush. Mind you, I expect they followed the money...

  43. O.... D....

    Division. Cmd

  44. O.... D....

    She.hates.AMERICA

  45. O.... D....

    Fleas.golden.peace

  46. I.... F....

    Melody , voice and arrangements are delirious but the lyrics are full of nonsense.

    I.... F....

    I totally agree with you there, Igal Flint. Such a beautiful song with lyrics about fleas. I wish they'd re-recorded this with more fitting lyrics.

  47. U.... Q....

    Peter Gabriel is the Best

  48. S.... S....

    Superb.

  49. S.... W....

    In the seventies, my high school friends were listening to disco,and I was listening to carpet crawlers...it's a very beautiful song!

  50. O.... S....

    Enjoy yourselves at Kenny's party.

  51. O.... S....

    Thanks again for your votes. I'll be freezing to death for the last time. Goodbye.

  52. G.... C....

    Meditazione trascendentale.

  53. R.... B....

    Another brilliant band from the 70’s and still got the album bought when released somewhere in my collection from that magical decade.

  54. R.... W....

    Brilliant ✌

  55. S.... R....

    How can a song with such weird lyrics get so Deep in our hearts? We are all carpet crawlers who got to get in to get out? I Always get goosebumbs and Tears in my eyes when listening to this song. I never Mention it as my favourite Genesis song. But it was the first that I knew - without knowing it was Genesis - the same Group that sang "That´s all" and "Mama" etc. Then when I got into the old (real) Genesis it was like an old companion that I discovered new. And if you could follow that lines you´re Ready to understand the lyrics here.

  56. P.... B....

    Classic

  57. s.... m....

    i veri genesis

  58. M.... N....

    Francy, ancora oggi ti sto pensando. Chissà dove sarai, con chi starai...

  59. K.... A....

    Absolute Solace........when you feel fucked

  60. b.... c....

    loved genesis for years got stick in school for it cos i wasnt a sheep like everyone else who thought u2 were better

    b.... c....

    I love Genesis and I loved U2 too. Now I can't stand Bono hypocrisy: he's a friend of USA war-presidents, a mascotte of Al Gore's global warming swindle (and still the use lots of energy for their public performances producing tons of CO2)

  61. P.... L....

    j'aimerai tant que PG nous explique en détail la signification de cette musique et de ses paroles ..... ...

  62. P.... S....

    One of my favs ♥️♥️♥️.

  63. o.... v....

    Great times,like a dream,heard again the biggest Genesis,with Peter Gabriel.....

  64. L.... B....

    Adding this to my disc golf music list.

  65. F.... K....

    Nice melancholic best song genesis

  66. C.... S....

    What band can compare?

  67. J.... G....

    No words just goosebumps❤👍

  68. S.... S....

    Fantastico!! Gabriel unico!!

  69. A.... C....

    Quando i Genesis facevano sul serio....

  70. S.... A....

    Anybody else waving their arm back and forth with a lighter? Sorry, I'm old, lol. But damn, too young to have seen them live then.

    S.... A....

    Haha I'm not doing that but I really appreciate how special this song is and Genesis in general. I too wish I could have seen them live.

  71. M.... C....

    The music of beautiful dreams🎈🌈

  72. P.... B....

    Totally real years ago, and real now.

  73. D.... y....

    See them interviewed. They didn't know C C was a stand out track. Other people said That's the one.

  74. C.... T....

    Superb bass.

  75. P.... D....

    j'en ai les larmes aux yeux

  76. T.... L....

    Theres a distressed insect in us all.

  77. Z.... A....

    One of the most stunning songs I've ever heard. This is a title accomplished many times by Genesis.

  78. N.... S....

    One of the best songs ever

  79. B.... D....

    Very special these guys......

  80. P.... B....

    ..... AND we have all seen the crawlers from work, they are so sucking up it looks like they are , crawling on the carpet ........

  81. P.... B....

    No its a comment on Society.

  82. P.... B....

    You have to be in to get out.

  83. E.... G....

    Alexander Pettykit brings me here. Whos more?

  84. P.... B....

    Hear this and you can die. It is magic

  85. C.... R....

    God have this hymn on his player...

  86. T.... C....

    Man o man what a jam

  87. V.... D....

    Frankly the only Genesis-Song I really like.

    V.... D....

    for shure??? 😳

    V.... D....

    @Pantagruel Panurge more or less... yes

  88. G.... ....

    The drummer also has a good voice. He should have a solo career

    G.... ....

    PRML_Giova hahahahahaha 👍😂

  89. E.... B....

    ethereally haunting.

  90. D.... U....

    Who else smoked their first hit listening to this?!?

  91. G.... D....

    best prog rock album ever bar none

  92. R.... B....

    Another classic album from the fabulous 70’s growing up listening to proper bands not like the pathetic morons of today.

  93. R.... G....

    Irragiungibili

  94. a.... c....

    Essa música é um ABSURDO !!!!!!

  95. C.... H....

    Lindo lindo

  96. A.... T....

    Peter Gabriel's best vocal performance in his time with Genesis imho

  97. T.... T....

    The last time I heard this was when I was in vail Colorado skiing ⛷ waiting in a restaurant and this song came on and everyone was looking at me 👀because I was the only black in the whole place and I was singing this song... Lol what great memories!!

  98. J.... B....

    i like to play the Lamb in its full entirety. no other way to hear it on my literary adventures.

  99. J.... B....

    i'm a naked feet man.