Quiet Steam Lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Quiet Steam

Released as b-side of "digging in the dirt" single, 1992.


Stand back
Stand back
What are those dogs doing, sniffing at my feet
Theyre onto something, pickin up, pickin up
This heat
This heat

Give me steam
How you feel can make it real
Get a life with this dreamers dream
Oh, give me steam
Real as anything you see
Get a life in this dreamers dream

You know your culture from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know your stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heavens doors are shut
You get them open, but
I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel can make it real
Get a life in this dreamers dream
Oh, give me steam
Real as anything you see
Get a life in this dreamers dream

You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You think youve been blessed
But I know you

You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight line from the curve
Youve got a lot of nerve
But I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel can make it real
Get a life in this dreamers dream

Oh, give me steam
Real as any place youve been
Get a life with this dreamers dream

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel your steam around me

Turning up the heat
I start to dream aloud
You move my hands and feet
Wont you step into this cloud
Of steam
This steam

Give me steam
How you feel can make it real
Real as anything youve seen
Get a life with this dreamers dream

Give me steam
How you feel can make it so real
Get a life in this dreamers dream

Help me yeah
Comin alive
In your steam
Comin alive
In your steam
Comin alive