The final track on Peter Gabriel’s self-titled solo debut, “Here Comes the Flood” is inspired by a dream where Gabriel envisioned “psychic barriers which normally prevent us from seeing into each others’ thoughts” being broken, producing an inundating flood of mental information.

The Mozo mythology embedded itself in Gabriel’s head and the character’s world became central to his work, developing into a philosophical enquiry into personal expression, technology and meaning. In Gabriel’s biography, Spencer Bright explains that radio technology provided Gabriel with a compelling metaphor for self expression, and that ‘Here Comes The Flood’ was written at the height of his fascination with short-wave radio: “If radio signals got stronger at night, he reasoned, maybe psychic and telepathic awareness could be similarly increased and made to flood the mass consciousness. Those who were honest and straightforward could take on board their new insights, while those who hid their thought and feelings would be lost.”