Genesis - Supper’s Ready (Platinum Collection Version) lyrics

Walking across the sitting-room
I turn the television off
Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes
As the sound of motor cars fades in
The nighttime
I swear I saw your face change
It didn't seem quite right and it's
"Hello babe with your guardian eyes so blue
Hey, my baby
Don't you know our love is true?"

Coming closer with our eyes
A distance falls around our bodies
Out in the garden, the moon seems very bright
Six saintly shrouded men move
Across the lawn slowly
The seventh walks in front with a

Cross held high in hand and it's, "Hey babe
Your supper's waiting for you hey my baby
Don't you know our love is true?"


I've been so far from here
Far from your warm arms
It's good to feel you again
It's been a long, long time

Hasn't it?

I know a farmer who looks after the farm
With water clear
He cares for all his harvest
I know a fireman who looks after the fire

You, can't you see he's fooled you all?
Yes, he's here again
Can't you see he's fooled you all
Share his peace, sign the lease
He's a supersonic scientist
He's a guaranteed eternal sanctuary man

"Look, look into my mouth", he cries
"And all the children lost down many paths
I bet my life you'll walk inside"
Hand in hand, gland in gland
With a spoonful of miracle
He's the guaranteed eternal sanctuary

(We will rock you, rock you little snake)
(We will keep you snug and warm)
Wearing feelings on our faces while
Our faces took a rest
We walked across the fields to see
The children of the West
But we saw a host of dark-skinned warriors
Standing still below the ground
Waiting for battle!

Fight's begun, they've been released
Killing foe for peace bang
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang
And they're giving me a wonderful potion
Cause, I cannot contain my emotion
And even though I'm feeling good
Something tells me I'd better
Activate my prayer capsule

Today's a day to celebrate
The foe have met their fate
The order for rejoicing and dancing
Has come from our warlord

Wandering through the chaos the
Battle has left
We climb up a mountain of human flesh
To a plateau of green grass
And green trees full of life

A young figure sit's still by a pool
He's been stamped "Human Bacon"
By some butchery tool he is you

Social Security took care of this lad
We watch, in reverence
As Narcissus is turned to a flower
(A flower?)

If you go down to Willow Farm
To look for butterflies or
Flutter-byes or gutter-flies
Open your eyes, it's full of surprise
Everyone lies like the fox on the rocks
And the musical box
Oh, there's mum and dad, and good and bad
And everyone's happy to be here

There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag
He used to be a British flag, plastic bag
What a drag the frog was a prince, the
Prince was a brick, the brick was an egg
The egg was a bird
(Fly away you sweet little thing
They're hard on your tail) hadn't you heard?
(They're going to change you
Into a human being) yes, we're happy as fish
And gorgeous as geese
And wonderfully clean in the morning

We've got everything
We're growing everything
We've got some in, we've got some out
We've got some wild things floating about
Everyone, we're changing everyone
You name them all, we've had them here
And the real stars are still to appear

(All change)

Feel your body melt mum to mud to mad to dad
Dad-diddley-office, dad-diddley-office
You're all full of ball

Dad to dam to dum to mum
Mum-diddley-washing, mum-diddley-washing
Woo, you're all full of ball
Let me hear your lies

We're living this up to the eyes
Ooh ah, na na na mama, I want you now

And as you listen to my voice
To look for hidden doors, tidy floors
More applause you've been here all the time
Like it or not, like what you got
You're under the soil (The soil, the soil)
Yes, deep in the soil
(The soil, the soil, the soil, the soil)
So we'll end with a whistle
And end with a bang
And all of us fit in our places

With the guards of Magog, swarming around
The Pied Piper takes his children underground
Dragons coming out of the sea
Shimmering silver head of wisdom
Looking at me
He brings down the fire from the skies
You can tell he's doing well by
The look in human eyes
Better not compromise, it won't be easy

666 is no longer below
He's getting out the marrow in your backbone
And the seven trumpets blowing
Sweet rock and roll
Gonna blow right down inside your soul
Pythagoras with the looking glass
Reflects the full moon in blood
He's writing the lyrics of a brand-new tune

And it's
"Hey babe with your guardian eyes so blue
Hey, my baby
Don't you know our love is true?"

I've been so far from here
Far from your warm arms now I'm back again
And babe it's gonna work out fine

Can't you feel our souls ignite?
Shedding ever-changing colours
In the darkness of the fading night
Like the river joins the ocean
As the germ in a seed grows
We have finally been freed to get back home

There's an angel standing in the sun
And he's crying with a loud voice
"This is the supper of the mighty one"
Lord of lords, king of kings
Has returned to lead his children home
To take them to the new Jerusalem