Genesis Carpet Crawlers Lyrics Meaning

Genesis lyrics the carpet crawlers there is lambswool under my naked feet.

Genesis carpet crawlers lyrics meaning.

The wool is soft and warm gives off some kind of heat. Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel. Lyrically the song tells the section of the album s story whereby rael the lead character finds himself in. 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.

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. One amazing and cool song by genesis that for me it s about a foreign southern kid coming in and out of the new strange land of the north boston new york etc looking up in amazement and tripping on his feet then looking down and seeing all of those old carpet baggers coming out of the woodwork where he s also imagining and thinking how in the hell he s going to shake off all of. First off it should be noted that genesis the carpet crawlers uses heavy metaphors as in very cryptic language with the narrative contained therein being relayed in relation to a fictional character within the context of the. It s all part of the story of rael.

The carpet crawlers is a song by the english progressive rock band genesis recorded for their sixth studio album the lamb lies down on broadway. The carpet crawlers are sperm the red ochre corridor is the vagina needle s winking eye is perhaps the opening of the vagina or cervix only one direction is towards the waiting egg the spiral staircase is the fallopian tube the porcelain manquin is maybe the egg itself and the clincher you ve got to get in to get out. By smf published may 30 2019 updated may 30 2019. Carpet crawlers as well as most of the lamb album is about escaping the new w.

The carpet crawlers lyrics. Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid. A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed.