Peter Gabriel - Lay Your Hands On Me

Album Security (1982) / P.O.V (1988)

Lyrics :

Sat in the corner of the Garden Grill,
With plastic flowers on the window sill
No more miracles, loaves and fishes,
Been so busy with the washing of the dishes
Reaction level's much too high - I can do without the stimuli

I'm living way beyond my ways and means,
Living in the zone of the in-betweens
I can see the flashes on the frozen ocean,
Static charge of the cold emotion
Watched on by the distant eyes
Watched on by the silent hidden spies

But still the warmth flows through me
And I sense you know me well
No luck, no golden chances
No mitigating circumstances now
It's only common sense
There are no accidents around here

I am willing - lay your hands on me
I am ready - lay your hands on me
I believe - lay your hands on me, over me

Working in gardens, thornless roses,
Fat men play with their garden hoses
Poolside laughter has a cynical bite,
Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite
I walk away from light and sound,
Down stairways leading underground

But still the warmth flows through me
And I sense you know me well
It's only common sense
There are no accidents around here

Category:

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• Gabriel
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• Your
• Hands
• On
• Me
• Security
• POV
• Live
• rock

[sutherGABland]

Thanks so much for all your posting...

Never forgot this performance... in 1983, at France.

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[gmikro]

@sutherGABland

This is Athens, Greece, September 1987.

[sutherGABland]

@gmikro

You are quite right : This video (POV) was filmed at Athens (by Scorcese ?)

But the first time I saw him, his dive stage, and heard this song, was in live 1983.

Sorry for my bad english.

[powermichiel]

Dear Peter,

If this message reaches you, i beg you on my bare knees; please, please, please release this on DVD. This is one of the best performances ever recorded in human history. I have this concert on VHS but it is completely worn out with hideous audio.

Please Peter, i beg you. I'll do whatever you want me to do in return. Paint your house, polish your shoes for the rest of your life. Anything at all !

Please give your thumbs for this message if you agree !

I remain hoping on a miracle.

[ROBANUKA]

really nice song.. it makes me feeling better...

David Copperfield used this song in one of his perfomance

[Fletch222222]

I love it!

[logonazo]

@zoewolf as always been with Peter!!! ;)

[Tedericoe]

Peter Gabriel is all class

[probrojeffro]

Love a lot of his songs, but when he slows it down he really can get under your skin. Great stuff.

[patty271962]

Amazing ! Speechless ....

[zoewolf]

Tony's on bass...

[thenvlst]

WOW



[elporretaespacial]

I'm only 17 years old and i love Peter Gabriel's music, although a lot of people don't understand it because I'm supposed to listen nowadays music which is very comercial.

Sorry for my bad English is that I am Spanish.

[tonymice]

Peter is an incredible personality. I never saw this before. Love the guy.

[shanomacbry]

@calebjoseph12 I'm 23 and I've loved this style of music since I was atLEAST 9 or so. Honestly, I've loved 80s music nearly my entire life, even though I was only 3 when they ended. I love pretty much any kind of music [including, yes, the much disdained rap & country], but I've always held 80s new wave at the top... well, right below Enya. Because has always been and most likely will forever be my absolute fave artist. Of course... her 80s work is perhaps my favorite... so there ya go. :^P

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