Carpet Crawlers — текст песни (Genesis)

There is lambswool under my naked feet
The wool is soft and warm
- Gives off some kind of heat
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid
The fleas cling to the golden fleece
Hoping they`ll find peace
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
There`s no hiding in memory
There`s no room to avoid

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 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
It`s upward to the 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
Through the 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 mannikin 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
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
We`ve got to get in to get outWe`ve got to get in to get out
We`ve got to get in to get out ...