Genesis Carpet Crawlers Lyrics Meaning

Lyrically the song tells the section of the album s story whereby rael the lead character finds himself in.

Genesis carpet crawlers lyrics meaning.

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

It s all part of the story of rael. Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel. By smf published may 30 2019 updated may 30 2019. The wool is soft and warm gives off some kind of heat.

A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed. 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. 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. 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.

The carpet crawlers lyrics. Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid. Carpet crawlers as well as most of the lamb album is about escaping the new w.