Tytuł: The story of ovo

• Wykonawca: Peter Gabriel
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   A long time ago, in a far away land
  Theo was the man who learned to understand
  The riches of the earth
  And all that it was worth
  The first man that ever tried to stand with his own plan
  Now this man was all about the wind rain and trees
  He knew that it would take care of all of his families
  
  Now Ion was the son who spent his nights and days
  Looking for all kinds of ways to get his father's praise
  In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress
  Make it faster, stronger is what he tried to stress
  
  Sofia was the girl
  Living in her own world
  She found love and joy with a young sky boy
  Sky boys were seen as less to the rest
  So it would seem
  Sofia went into the woods to daydream
  With love in her eyes
  Her own father would despise
  Her love for the young sky boy he would destroy
  
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch the world go by
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch as life goes by
  
  When Theo was gone, his son Ion took the power
  And in his daddy's name, he built the biggest strongest tower
  The earth people and sky people divided by machines
  And the ones who had nothing were the ones who had the wings
  
  The sky boy just wanted everything to be equal
  From full-time lover to now fighting for his people
  
  Now Beth was the mom
  Who really loved to weave
  She couldn't believe her own son would decieve
  The sky people got hungry and their welfare was ignored
  She let them in the tower and the bloody battle roared
  Down came iron and the tower fell as well
  The dark days were over and the sky people's hell
  
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch the world go by
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch as life goes by
  
  Sofia and the sky boy had long been kept apart
  Sofia grief was faded it was joy that filled her heart
  Wrapped in his loving wings Sofia took her man
  So the earth and sky united
  It was all father's plan
  
  Theo kept an acorn
  Sofia had carefully safely saved
  It was planted in the ground that her brother had once paved
  With a rustling and a creaking an unearthly sound
  Something big started growing right out of the fertile ground
  
  It was the biggest tree that any of the people ever seen
  And it covered up the sky with a layer of leafy green
  Then it rained and it rained and they watched the waters rise
  Then Sofia led her people to the safety of the skies
  
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch the world go by
  Feet in the earth
  Heads in the sky
  We watch as life goes by
  
  She climbed and she climbed
  But never giving up
  So pregnant and exhausted
  Finally made it to the top
  She looked into the sky and the world began to turn
  And with a single cry a new baby had arrived
  
  With OVO in his nest, everyone one had done their best
  To prepare for the world and every single test
  Soon he was blessed and as his mother stood by
  He was soon released and sailed off into the sky