What Are The Carpet Crawlers

He returns from his mixed up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in.

What are the carpet crawlers.

The colorful and artistic language used throughout relays a story which is but a segment of a much larger narrative. Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel. 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 mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite and the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.

Genesis playing the carpet crawlers in concert. And the themes this particular part centers on are ones of conformity false hope and drudgery. 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. Lyrically the song tells the section of the album s story whereby rael the lead character finds himself in.

Carpet crawlers was the second single released from the lamb lies down on broadway and is often cited as a highlight of that album. The carpet crawlers heed their callers. This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor. And that is the carpet crawlers in a nutshell.

Genesis playing the carpet crawlers in concert. Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight. So all things considered this track reads like a criticism of those who blindly follow societal ideologies.