The Carpet Crawl Songtext
von Genesis

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor
For my second sight of people, they′ve more lifeblood than before
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
Where the needle′s eye is winking, closing in on the poor

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out"

There′s only one direction in the faces that I see
And t's upward to that ceiling, where the chamber′s said to be
Like the forest fight for sunlight that takes root in every tree
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We′ve got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out"


Mild-mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
And the wise and foolish virgins
Giggle with their bodies glowing bright
And through a door, a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out"

The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack
And the eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack
The liquid has congealed which has seeped out through the crack
And the tickler takes his stickleback, back, back, back, back, back, back

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

We′ve got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out, you know, you know
We′ve got to get in to get out, get out, get out, get out, no, no
We've got to get in to get out, get out
Yes, we've got to get in to get out, get out, get out


The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We′ve got to get in to get out
We′ve got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"