Peter Gabriel: Timing

Peter Gabriel is English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian. Explore interesting quotes on timing.

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“Rest your head.
You worry too much.
It's going to be alright.
When times get rough,
You can fall back on us.”

Song lyrics, So (1986)
Context: Rest your head.
You worry too much.
It's going to be alright.
When times get rough,
You can fall back on us.
Don't give up;
Please don't give up.

“I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive.”

Peter Gabriel

In Your Eyes
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Context: I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive.

“This old familiar craving.
I've been here before, this way of behaving.
Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore.
Let it pass, let it go, let it leave.
From the deepest place I grieve.
This time I believe
And I let go…”

Peter Gabriel

Love to Be Loved
Song lyrics, Us (1992)

“In the big house,
Where the sun lives,
With the walls so white and blue.
In the red soil,
All the green grows.
And the winds blow across your face.
They blow across your heart.
It's the time of the turning and there's something stirring outside.
It's the time of turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes.”

Peter Gabriel

The Time of the Turning
Song lyrics, OVO (2000)

“Climbing up on Solsbury Hill,
I could see the city light.
Wind was blowing, time stood still.
Eagle flew out of the night.
He was something to observe.
Came in close, I heard a voice.
Standing stretching every nerve,
Had to listen had no choice.
I did not believe the information.
I just had to trust imagination.
My heart going boom boom boom.
"Son," he said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."”

Peter Gabriel

Solsbury Hill
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (I) (1977)

“Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life.
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife.
You don't want to do what your mother has done,
She has done.
This is your life, this new life has begun.
It's your day - a woman's day.
It's your day - a woman's day.”

Peter Gabriel

Shaking the Tree
Song lyrics, Shaking the Tree (1990)