《The Story Of OVO》歌词

[00:00:01] The Story Of OVO - Peter Gabriel

[00:00:13] A long time ago in a far away land

[00:00:16] Theo was the man who learned to understand

[00:00:20] The riches of the earth

[00:00:21] And all that it was worth

[00:00:23] The first man that ever tried to stand with his own plan

[00:00:27] Now this man was all about the wind rain and trees

[00:00:30] He knew that it would take care of all of his families

[00:00:47] Now Ion was the son who spent his nights and days

[00:00:50] Looking for all kinds of ways to get his father's praise

[00:00:53] In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress

[00:00:56] Make it faster stronger is what he tried to stress

[00:01:00] Sofia was the girl

[00:01:01] Living in her own world

[00:01:03] She found love and joy with a young sky boy

[00:01:07] Sky boys were seen as less to the rest

[00:01:09] So it would seem

[00:01:10] Sofia went into the woods to daydream

[00:01:12] With love in her eyes

[00:01:15] Her own father would despise

[00:01:16] Her love for the young sky boy he would destroy

[00:01:21] Feet in the earth

[00:01:24] Heads in the sky

[00:01:27] We watch the world go by

[00:01:34] Feet in the earth

[00:01:37] Heads in the sky

[00:01:40] We watch as life goes by

[00:01:47] When Theo was gone his son Ion took the power

[00:01:50] And in his daddy's name he built the biggest strongest tower

[00:01:53] The earth people and sky people divided by machines

[00:01:56] And the ones who had nothing were the ones who had the wings

[00:02:00] The sky boy just wanted everything to be equal

[00:02:03] From full-time lover to now fighting for his people

[00:02:20] Now Beth was the mom

[00:02:22] Who really loved to weave

[00:02:23] She couldn't believe her own son would decieve

[00:02:27] The sky people got hungry and their welfare was ignored

[00:02:29] She let them in the tower and the bloody battle roared

[00:02:33] Down came iron and the tower fell as well

[00:02:37] The dark days were over and the sky people's hell

[00:02:40] Feet in the earth

[00:02:44] Heads in the sky

[00:02:47] We watch the world go by

[00:02:54] Feet in the earth

[00:02:57] Heads in the sky

[00:03:01] We watch as life goes by

[00:03:07] Sofia and the sky boy had long been kept apart

[00:03:10] Sofia grief was faded it was joy that filled her heart

[00:03:13] Wrapped in his loving wings Sofia took her man

[00:03:17] So the earth and sky united

[00:03:18] It was all father's plan

[00:03:34] Theo kept an acorn

[00:03:35] Sofia had carefully safely saved

[00:03:37] It was planted in the ground that her brother had once paved

[00:03:40] With a rustling and a creaking an unearthly sound

[00:03:43] Something big started growing right out of the fertile ground

[00:03:47] It was the biggest tree that any of the people ever seen

[00:03:50] And it covered up the sky with a layer of leafy green

[00:03:53] Then it rained and it rained and they watched the waters rise

[00:03:57] Then Sofia led her people to the safety of the skies

[00:04:02] Feet in the earth

[00:04:04] Heads in the sky

[00:04:07] We watch the world go by

[00:04:15] Feet in the earth

[00:04:17] Heads in the sky

[00:04:20] We watch as life goes by

[00:04:27] She climbed and she climbed

[00:04:28] But never giving up

[00:04:30] So pregnant and exhausted

[00:04:32] Finally made it to the top

[00:04:33] She looked into the sky and the world began to turn

[00:04:37] And with a single cry a new baby had arrived

[00:04:40] With OVO in his nest everyone one had done their best

[00:04:43] To prepare for the world and every single test

[00:04:47] Soon he was blessed and as his mother stood by

[00:04:50] He was soon released and sailed off into the sky