The song was originally from the 1974 genesis concept album the.
Genesis the carpet crawl.
It s upward to the ceiling where the chambers said to be.
Peter gabriel the genious of genesis performing my favourite track the carpet crawlers.
Peter gabriel did briefly reunite with genesis which resulted in an updated version of the carpet crawlers.
And of course to go through life to hopefully get to heaven you ve got to get in to get out.
That version was released in 1999.
He returns from his mixed up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in.
This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor.
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This particular version is referred to as the carpet crawl not the carpet crawlers and is featured on genesis 1977 albums seconds out and genesis.
The carpet crawlers are humans crawling through life while trying to get upward to the stairwell that spirals out of sight to a heavy wooden door i e.
There is lambswool under my.
Watch this live performance of carpet crawlers from genesis dvd when in rome from 2007.
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.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers.
Mike rutherford and tony banks wrote most of the music with the help of peter gabriel.
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.
Like the forest fight for sunlight that takes root in every tree.
In any event this is an amazing song.