Peter Gabriel - The Story of OVO lyrics

A long time ago, in a far away land
Theo was the man who learned to understand
The riches of the earth
And all that it was worth
The first man that ever tried to
Stand with his own plan
Now this man was all about
The wind rain and trees
He knew that it would take care
Of all of his family needs

Now Ion was the son who
Spent his nights and days
Looking for all kinds of ways
To get his father's praise
In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress
Make it faster
Stronger is what he tried to stress

Sofia was the girl living in her own world
She found love and joy with a young sky boy
Sky boys were seen as less to the rest
So it would seem
Sofia went into the woods to daydream
With love in her eyes
Her own father would despise
Her love for the young sky
Boy he would destroy

Feet in the earth heads in the sky
We watch the world go by feet in the earth
Heads in the sky we watch as life goes by

When Theo was gone
His son Ion took the power
And in his daddy's name
He built the biggest strongest tower
The earth people and sky
People divided by machines
And the ones who had nothing were
The ones who had the wings

The sky boy just wanted
Everything to be equal
From full-time lover to now
Fighting for his people

Now Beth was the mom
Who really loved to weave
She couldn't believe her own
Son would decieve
The sky people got hungry and
Their welfare was ignored

She let them in the tower
And the bloody battle roared
Down came Ion and the tower fell as well
The dark days were over and
The sky people's hell feet in the earth
Heads in the sky we watch the world go by
Feet in the earth heads in the sky
We watch as life goes by

Sofia and the sky boy had
Long been kept apart
Sofia grief was faded it was
Joy that filled her heart
Wrapped in his loving wings
Sofia took her man
So the earth and sky united
It was all father's plan

Theo kept an acorn sofia had carefully saved
It was planted in the ground that
Her brother had once paved
With a rustling and a
Creaking an unearthly sound
Something big started growing right out
Of the fertile ground

It was the biggest tree that any
Of the people ever seen
And it covered up the sky with
A layer of leafy green
Then it rained and it rained and
They watched the waters rise
Then Sofia led her people to
The safety of the skies

Feet in the earth heads in the sky
We watch the world go by feet in the earth
Heads in the sky we watch as life goes by
She climbed and she climbed
But never giving up
So pregnant and exhausted
Finally made it to the top
She looked into the sky and
The world began to turn
And with a single cry a new baby had arrived

With OVO in his nest
Everyone one had done their best
To prepare for the world
And every single test
Soon he was blessed and as
His mother stood by
He was soon released and sailed
Off into the sky