Peter Gabriel - I'm Amazing Lyrics






Run into the cage
But what I grew up hating
Keep on recreating
Please help me

Something’s got to change
There was something that you said
Happy times ahead
Happy times ahead

Saw the kind of blood
Like a picture’s going to shatter
Can you recognize the pictures of a bone-luck setter
All the people, all the faces in my head that are running around
I’m trying to make connections by the circuits are down

Look at me
Look at me
Look what I can do
I’m amazing

I’m living from without and I’m living from within
Got lightning every layer of my illuminated skin
Could swallowing a lightbulb
Transform into the sun
I can jump into the darkness
I can shine on anyone

Look at me
Look at me
Can you see what I can do
‘Cause I’m amazing

Look at me
Look at me
Look at me
Can you see what I can do
‘Cause I’m amazing

Reaching out my hand
I’m going underwater
Sunlight filtered into shafts
I’m going underwater
With the human race
I’m going underwater, down
Underwater, down
Underwater

Trying to put it together in my head
Feeling the weight of what you said
The weight of what you said
Happy times ahead
Happy times ahead
Happy times ahead

Look at me
Look at me
Look what I can do
‘Cause I’m amazing

Look at me
Look at me
Look at me
Look what I can do
‘Cause I’m amazing

Cause I can!
And I will!
It’s moving in me
The spirit is free





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  1. P.... B....

    So many problematic years...
    I forgot the meaning of demo cratia

  2. P.... ....

    Yes Mr. Gabriel, you are amazing <3

  3. p.... h....

    THE best gift of Peter Gabriel to THE fans

  4. V.... C....

    to drift into him would be the ultimate dream as a woman, i envy his wife

  5. T.... D....

    Peter Gabriel.? The voice of god.!!!

  6. J.... L....

    This song is addictive! So much to unpack in the first few listens...but damn is it good!

  7. i.... ....

    Simple as much: I love you, Brother.

  8. g.... ....

    This is fucking incredible!

  9. P.... P....

    Yes you are and always have been to me !!!!!!!!!!!

  10. C.... 3....

    I listen him since i was born, in 2002, with growing up. HE IS AMAZING

  11. z.... ....

    Amazing work, as always..

  12. N.... ....

    But I love this song...what will become of poor Rolling Stone... ?

  13. N.... ....

    I hate when people slag hot dog water

  14. E.... O....

    So true amazing lyrics

  15. r.... ....

    YOU are amazing, Mr. Gabriel! Rock the hell on!

  16. D.... C....

    Oh my god.....I am listening to this after watching my PVR of the Canadian Junos...a tribute to one of our Canadian producers, Mr. Lennox included a snip for Peter Gabriel..... MY FAVOURITE artist of all time.....

  17. s.... p....

    is the best song of PG since up

  18. T.... L....

    Trust me, Peter. Nobody's arguing. Happy late birthday, you beautiful man.

  19. F.... B....

    dedicated to Cassius Clay, am i wrong?

  20. t.... ....

    Yes are, Peter, yes you are :) .

  21. S.... T....

    He wrote this about Mohamad Ali.
    All his work have social and political meanings....he's always relevant.

  22. C.... ....

    it sounds like Hukwe Zawose (Tanzania) singing the African lyrics in the end (not quite sure about that).

  23. F.... S....

    Thanks for you music, genius. You have not stopped growing.

  24. S.... ....

    This upcoming album may be the last one we ever get from Peter. He takes so long between each one.

  25. P.... R....

    I think something very good could be produced if Peter Gabriel and Gotye spent some months together, first staying at one of the two's place, then going to the other's (not exactly neighbours are they?)... Listening to what they've been recording on their own in the last couple of years, and trying to see if there's some contact or mix to be found in their styles.
    They're two drummers who evolved into composers and singers, and I'm missing new material from both of them, as I'm sure many others do.

    Thanks for your music, videomusic and help with the planet in general!

  26. g.... ....

    Enough with the grossly uninformed political comments and the woe is me crap from snowflake millenials who can barely wipe their rear ends and need a shower.

  27. G.... ....

    So very to hear new PG music. This is something that I always expect from Peter. Love the sound world and his voice. He never let´s us down!!!!

  28. n.... ....

    The 2 "GREATEST" people in my lifetime. #1 Muhammad Ali, #2 Peter Gabriel
    Thank You Peter

  29. m.... ....

    So AMAZING!!!

  30. W.... ....

    Such a great song. Wonder if this was originally from the I/O sessions

  31. L.... B....

    Amazing... Génial.... Peter please, a new album !!!!

  32. j.... k....

    wonder if this will be on his new album?

  33. B.... A....

    I really wish Peter Gabriel would move away from the whole electronic drum loopy stuff and get back to basics. His last few albums really lack the sense of adventure, experimentation, and all around memorability his albums up to So contained. I love Peter Gabriel, but I fear he'll continue writing himself into a corner and keep going with the same production syle he has stayed in for so long. Get Marotta and Fast back and do some Melt caliber stuff.

    B.... A....

    One thing that I notice with Peter Gabriel's music is that it is based on popular music from that decade. Peter's first two album are heavily seventies (rock/pop) music. From Peter Gabriel 3 - So is eighties music with influences of funk and soul, especially on So. Us is early 90s , when eighties music did not quite die but was close to coming to an end, with influences on funk and soul again. Up is early 2000 Rock music, in a way like Linkin Park. And these singles that came out this year are like today's music but with minor influences of 90s/early 2000s music

  34. C.... ....

    Another new song coming this Friday (September 09) called The Veil. Two new songs is a very good sign, not to mention the new song he played on the recent tour and two others from the previous tour...

    C.... ....

    Yeah he's not quite finished with the one he was working on with his son. so wait to see what becomes of that.

  35. M.... F....

    We have miss u Sir. Gabriel!!

  36. R.... ....

    This is the most exhilarating song I have heard in years. Another masterpiece of sardonic wit of which there are too few in our literature. Lao Tzu says not to praise great things too much, but this is so fun and elegant, it gets me verklempt like those prog rock magic carpet rides of the Seventies. Sweet!

  37. J.... S....

    Peace.Love.Thank you.

  38. D.... C....

    This is great! Does he have a new album in the works?

  39. C.... J....

    Damn, PG's still got it

  40. S.... ....

    Is it "can do" or "can't do" ?

  41. o.... g....

    Que dire ...................c'est beau

  42. b.... ....

    I heard this after Bowie's Blackstar and said to me "Why? So we have to wait till Peter dies to listen to another album?".
    Up is easely one of the best Gabriel records of all time, is going to be hard to top it

  43. C.... C....

    really disappointed with this song. i hope the rest of the next album is much better.

  44. M.... K....

    Love it

  45. T.... ....

    According to rollingstone.com:

    The prog-rock star explained the story behind the track in a short post on Facebook. "I wrote a song a few years back – 'I'm Amazing,' which was, in part, inspired by Muhammad Ali's life and struggles," Gabriel wrote. "At the time of his death, when so many people are celebrating his life and thinking about all he achieved, it seemed the right time to release it."

    The track's caption on the singer's official YouTube page refers to "I'm Amazing" as "the first new composition from Peter to be released since the track 'Why Don't You Show Yourself' featured in the film Back to Front: Live in London in 2013." Gabriel gave Rolling Stone an update on his new material in 2014. "I’m trying to do some happy stuff," he said at the time. "It's very easy for me to fall into some moody stuff. I wanna do something that's more dance-y, and more like an organic dance record. I've got a couple of songs I've been working on the last two weeks that I think are beginning to go in that direction."

  46. l.... ....

    This song should come with a disclaimer that 'NO ELEPHANTS WERE HARMED DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THIS RECORDING'..... (honestly, parts of it sound like elephants being tortured)...lol

  47. J.... F....

    I wish I could find the Arabic lyrics at the end, but not a singe site on the internet has it. Would Peter put more than one language in his songs if we're only meant to sing along with the English parts? It's so lazy that no one can post the whole song including foreign languages. He has always stood for shared and mixed culture and togetherness, yet everyone excludes any lyrics in his songs that aren't English, like only English matters. I don't like not knowing all the words in a song I'm listening to, it makes me feel ignorant.

  48. P.... ....

    can I purchase this anywhere in 24bit 96kHz? Not a fan of mp3's

  49. a.... ....

    All these "human activist" artists can't even make peace with their band mates, but know to preach to "others" how to make peace?

  50. R.... H....

    amazing !!!

  51. o.... ....

    love PG

  52. R.... A....

    "Happy times ahead."

  53. R.... A....

    I especially like when Chewbacca joins in at 6:33. That Chewie, he ROCKS!

  54. g.... f....

    SO i'm thinking that if this was for Muhammed Ali, Is Peter going to donate some of the sales of this song to( Parkinsons Foundation) or is he going to ride this to the BANK TO PAY FOR THE YEAR OFF THAT HE HAD WITH HIS KIDS AND WIFE, ISN'T THERE ANOTHER WAY TO RECOOP YOUR LOSES PETER?I JUST THINK THAT IF HE RELEASED IT WHEN HE MADE IT, IT WOULD HAVE MEAN SO MUCH MORE TO MUHAMMED AND HIS FAMILY THAT PETER THE ROCK STAR THOUGHT OF HIM AS A AMAZING PERSON AND NOT MAKE MONEY OFF HIS PASSING, HE TO WAS A MAN OF PEACE. AND THIS IS WAY WE HAVE UNJUST IN THE WORLD.:)P.S. MAYBE PETER SHOULD ASK HIS P.R. PERSON NEXT TIME IF IT'S A GOOD TIME TO RELEASE SONGS FOR THE DEAD! :(

  55. M.... S....

    This is ace!!

  56. R.... C....

    statement on social media obsessed modern living?

    R.... C....

    More psychological, I think : about the child that want(and need) to be recognized would be my guess.

  57. S.... ....

    At 3:10 till 3:30 it sounds like "I belive it's magic" from ghostbusters

  58. N.... F....

    I love Peter Gabriel but this feels way, way over produced.

  59. R.... S....

    love PG heaps! Can never do wrong i/m/o

  60. W.... G....

    its a grower ..... bit by bit folks .

  61. R.... W....

    Great To Hear A New Peter Gabriel Song, Please Write And Compose A New Album Please Peter Thanks 👍

  62. s.... p....

    IT SOUNS LIKE "DARKNESS" . BOTH MASTERPIECES

  63. T.... ....

    Finally a new song. It's a great song, classic Peter Gabriel sound with something new at the same time. This track reminds me each stage of his career.

  64. D.... c....

    Shhhhh.....FEEL !

  65. X.... ....

    awesome need a new album...

    rip ali

  66. P.... R....

    new album soon ?!?!?!?

  67. J.... r....

    Awesome sounds <3 <3

  68. J.... W....

    Anyone have Daniel Lanois's info? We need him to lock PG in a room again, sit his cheeks down and make him finish this album for a late 2016-early 2017 release. Preferably a double album at this point, quickly followed by a box set of the US sessions, new soundtrack score, etc. anyway, I like this song. Definitely has an UP era vibe with tinges of 'while the earth sleeps.'

    J.... W....

    you nail it

  69. G.... S....

    Corro in gabbia
    Ma sono cresciuto nell’odio (o “odiando”)
    Continuo a ricreare
    Ti prego aiutami

    Qualcosa deve cambiare
    C’era una cosa che hai detto
    Verranno momenti felici
    Verranno momenti felici

    Ho visto il tipo di sangue
    Come un’immagine che sta per frantumarsi
    Sai (o “puoi”) riconoscere le immagini di un osso portafortuna incastonato
    Tutte le persone, tutte le facce girano nella mia testa
    Sto cercando di effettuare collegamenti con circuiti che non funzionano

    Guardami
    Guardami
    Guarda cosa riesco a fare
    Sono fantastico

    Sto vivendo dall’esterno e dall’interno
    Ho un bagliore in ogni strato della mia pelle illuminata (o “luminosa”)
    Potrei ingerire una lampadina
    Trasformarmi nel sole
    Posso saltare nel buio
    Posso splendere su chiunque

    Guardami
    Guardami
    Riesci a vedere cosa riesco a fare
    Perché sono incredibile

    Guardami
    Guardami
    Guardami
    Riesci a vedere cosa riesco a fare
    Perché sono incredibile

    Allungando la mano
    Sto andando sott’acqua
    La luce del sole filtra negli alberi (o “condotti”)
    Sto andando sott’acqua
    Con la razza umana
    Sto andando sott’acqua, in fondo
    Sott’acqua, giù
    sott’acqua

    Sto cercando di collegare le cose nella mia testa
    Sentendo il peso di quello che hai detto
    Il peso di quello che hai detto
    Verranno momenti felici
    Verranno momenti felici
    Verranno momenti felici

    Guardami
    Guardami
    Guarda cosa posso fare
    Perché sono incredibile

    Guardami
    Guardami
    Guardami
    Guarda cosa riesco a fare
    Perché sono incredibile

    Perché posso!
    E lo farò!
    Si muove dentro me
    Lo spirito è libero

  70. G.... E....

    Excellent love peter !!!

  71. R.... M....

    I approve of this.

  72. B.... M....

    It's no Sledgehammer...

  73. r.... ....

    And the beat goes on, great song, do your friends a favor, pass it on, Happy Time is your responsibility

  74. p.... n....

    On ne peut pas la ranger dans les grandes chansons de Gabriel. La première rythmique est du déjà entendu, à la fois rythmiquement et au niveau son. Ça ressemble plus à une face B, ou à toutes ces petites chansons qu'il sort de temps en temps. Je trouve qu'il devrait travailler avec un batteur comme Peter Erskine, qui pourrait lui apporter une autre créativité rythmique, parce qu'il semble tourner en rond, à travailler toujours avec les mêmes. C'est sûr qu'il est difficile de se renouveler, mais Gabriel fut un maitre dans cet art ! Et puis prendre des joueurs de Jazz, comme Herbie Hancock, pour s'affranchir de son besoin d'assurer toutes les parties de claviers. Larry Fast, Roy Bittan, Richard Tee avaient apporté un vrai plus en leur temps !

  75. �.... �....

    respect to peter !

  76. L.... ....

    Great song! What genre can I call this? Sounds very experimental.

  77. c.... ....

    it's "the greatest"

  78. v.... c....

    It is his early sound coming back. loved the song. Thank you Peter Gabriel.

  79. F.... G....

    Listen to this, and then listen to David Bowie's Blackstar, and then you notice two geniuses.

    F.... G....

    yea track on bowies album bits remind me of genesis lamb era

    F.... G....

    ONE genius.

  80. J.... W....

    Love it :) so happy to hear this

  81. G.... ....

    PG's done it again! What a great song :)

  82. G.... B....

    Fair enough Pete.. Pink Floyd already did it but, good effort mate.

  83. O.... ....

    Lyrics.... (please check for accuracy)

    Run into the cage
    But what I grew up hating
    Keep on recreating
    Please help me

    Something’s got to change
    There was something that you said
    Happy times ahead
    Happy times ahead

    Saw the kind of blood
    Like a picture’s going to shatter
    Can you recognize the pictures of a bone-luck setter
    All the people, all the faces in my head they're running around
    I’m trying to make connections by the circuits are down

    Look at me
    Look at me
    Look what I can do
    I’m amazing

    I’m living from without, and I’m living from within
    Got light in every layer of my illuminated skin
    I'm swallowing the light bulb
    Transform into the sun
    I can jump into the darkness
    I can shine on anyone

    Look at me
    Look at me
    Can you see what I can do
    ‘Cause I’m amazing

    Look at me
    Look at me
    Look at me
    Can you see what I can do
    ‘Cause I’m amazing

    Reaching out my hands
    I’m going underwater
    Sunlight filtered into shafts
    I’m going underwater
    With the human race
    I’m going underwater, down
    Underwater, down
    Underwater

    Trying to put it together in my head
    Feeling the weight of what you said
    The weight of what you said
    Happy times ahead
    Happy times ahead
    Happy time ahead

    Look at me
    Look at me
    Look what I can do
    ‘Cause I’m amazing

    Look at me
    Look at me
    Look at me
    Look what I can do
    ‘Cause I’m amazing

    'Cause I can
    And I will
    It’s moving in me
    The spirit is free

    (?)

    [Victory Chant]

  84. T.... g....

    God bless him and allah give him in Paradise amin

  85. L.... A....

    enfin !

  86. H.... S....

    16 June? That's my birthday! *squees*

  87. P.... D....

    DAYUM! I like this! Superb sound Mr.G. I wasn't expecting any new tracks so this was a great surprise. I just love it when it really kicks in at 1:22 , and the change at 6:00 is pure PG. Fantastic.

  88. p.... m....

    ok so i think this song is a grower - i've only listened to it once so far but thought it managed to have the hallmark PG sound whilst also managing to sound contempoary - is it his best song ever? Maybe/maybe not but let it bed in before you make up your mind - any new PG is good PG in my book

  89. N.... T....

    Peter! no se ingles :( ponle derechos de copyright al video!!!! se puede descargar!!! cuida tu trabajo! eres genial!!!

    N.... T....

    put it copyright to the video !!!! it can be downloaded!!! Watch your work! you're great!!!

  90. J.... ....

    We'll certainly fits the Growing Up stuff. Sounds like a mix of Signal to noise and growing up or something.

    J.... ....

    Yea, absolutely!

    J.... ....

    I thought I Grieve with Growing Up, so definitely some Growing Up in there. Someone else mentioned a splash of Big Blue Ball, which I can see.

    J.... ....

    I heard 'My Head Sounds Like That' at the beginning, and then a bit of Steam and Growing Up later.

    J.... ....

    It sounds like it was written around that time. He's not the creative writer he once was but occasionally there is still some prime stuff. This here is.

    I thought around the age of 70 many are getting a another creative phase. Leonard Cohen was 78 when he came into his late creative phase, but he was always 10 years older than his songs. For Mr. Gabriel so I think there is still some more to come.

  91. M.... R....

    Grande pezzo. Ora non resta che aspettare l'album.

  92. J.... D....

    Отлично!!! https://soundcloud.com/totmuzon/9bomczo4ccos

  93. S.... ....

    47 years producing music (or even more) and being as amazing as always, this is an artist.

  94. J.... H....

    in LOVE with this!!!

  95. P.... B....

    On second listening this could be a tribute to Mohamed Ali.

    P.... B....

    It is :) He posted about it being inspired by Muhammad Ali's life, and said now seemed like an appropriate time to release it

  96. M.... E....

    JUST WOW!

  97. s.... c....

    LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As always he is amazing! I can imagine this being sung by Peter Gabriel in a closet in the dark with just his eyes showing He must never leave this plane of existence or RAGNAROK will occur. ,

  98. A.... C....

    Wanted to see you on the Rock Paper Scissors tour but can't get out of state those months. Should definitely hit up Raleigh or Charlotte NC one day.