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Secret World

Secret World lyrics by Peter Gabriel. I stood in this unsheltered place 'Til I could see the face behind the face All that had gone before had left no trace...

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Secret World

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I stood in this unsheltered place

'Til I could see the face behind the face

All that had gone before had left no trace

Down by the railway siding

In our secret world, we were colliding

All the places we were hiding love

What was it we were thinking of?

So I watch you wash your hair

Underwater, unaware

And the plane flies through the air

Did you think you didn't have to choose it

That I alone could win or lose it

In all the places we were hiding love

What was it we were thinking of?

In this house of make believe

Divided in two, like Adam and Eve

You put out and I recieve

Down by the railway siding

In our secret world, we were colliding

In all the places we were hiding love

What was it we were thinking of?

Oh the wheel is turning spinning round and round

And the house is crubling but the stairways stand

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame

Whatever it is, we are all the same

Making it up in our secret world

Making it up in our secret world

Making it up in our secret world

Shaking it up

Breaking it up

Making it up in our secret world

Seeing things that were not there

On a wing on a prayer

In this state of disrepair

Down by the railway siding

In our secret world, we were colliding

In all the places we were hiding love

What was it we were thinking of?

Shh, listen

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