Carpet crawlers is a rich evocative and seductive song and peter gabriel s vocal is pitched to match.
Carpet crawlers genesis meaning.
Genesis the carpet crawlers.
He returns from his mixed up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in.
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This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor.
We referring to humankind in a general sense.
The carpet crawlers are momentary figures in the exposition of central characters rael and his brother john.
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.
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 those carpet baggers that manage to crawl on his back and get out of their weaving maze.
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 entire concept album it is featured on the lamb lives down on broadway.
The carpet crawlers could suggest babies and they grow up and start the birth process all over again and that s where we ve got to get in to get out refers to i believe.
It s a metaphor about having to get into the womb through intercourse to have a baby come out.
Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel.
There is lambswool under my.
This seductiveness is one of the reasons that this is such an inviting song.
The wool is soft and warm gives off some kind of heat.
There is lambswool under my naked feet.
But there is still an overall theme which can be derived from the song which is that the titular carpet crawlers are representative of a large segment of society who desires.
But to a lover of gabriel era genesis this is the ultimate narrative.
Lyrically the song tells the section of the album s story whereby rael the lead character finds himself in a red carpeted corridor surrounded by kneeling people slowly crawling towards a wooden door.
It reminds me of being at the beach and also being in the hinterland of the beach.
Closing on the poor the carpet crawlers heed their callers.
Rael dashes by them towards the door and goes through it.
It is an exploration of topography and place.
