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Downside Up

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Downside Up

Release date: 2024

From Lunatics In The Big Room

Track 5

6:17

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"Downside Up" is a track by Peter Gabriel, from the album Lunatics In The Big Room, released 2024. The track is 6:17 long. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Lyrics

Downside Up

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
A shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown
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

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown

I stand here
Watch you spinning
Until I am drawn in
A centripetal force
You pull me in

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

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

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From Lunatics In The Big Room

6:172024

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Lunatics In The Big Room

Track number

5

Release year

2024

1Intro
1:49
3More Than This
6:10
5Downside Up
6:17
7Digging In The Dirt
6:46

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