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Downside Up (Live) Lyrics by Peter Gabriel

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[Verse 1 - Melanie Gabriel]
I looked up at the tallest building
Felt it falling down
I could feel my balance shifting
Everything was moving around
These streets so fixed and solid
Ah shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared

[Chorus - Melanie Gabriel & Peter Gabriel]
Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in to the unknown

[Verse 2 - Peter Gabriel]
All the strangers look like family
All the family looks so strange
The only constant I am sure of
Is this accelerating rate of change

[Chorus - Melanie Gabriel & Peter Gabriel]
Downside up, upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown

[Verse 3 - Melanie Gabriel]
I stand here
Watch you spinning
Until I am drawn in
A centripetal force
You pull me in

[Breakdown - Melanie Gabriel & Peter Gabriel]
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in

Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo

Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo

[Chorus]
Downside up
Upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping into the unknown

About “Downside Up (Live)” by Peter Gabriel

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"Downside Up (Live)" appears on "Hit".

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