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Artist: Peter Gabriel
Track: Live and Let Live

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Just how much does it have to hurt
Before you let go the pain?
Just how deep does it have to be
Before you yearn to be free again?
Every wound can lock you away
You can walk or you can choose to remain
Everyday can pass you by
While you were holding the key

This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive we can move on
Release all the shackles one by one
We belong to the burden until it's gone

Just how long do you want to hate
With all that anger to burn?
You dream of revenge
And you dream a reply
You hope that someday we learn
Every time you think of that hurt
It spins around in your mind
With an eye for an eye
Again and again
Until the whole world is blind

This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive we can move on
Release all the shackles one by one
We belong to the burden until it's gone

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lay the burden down
I'm gonna lay the weapons down
Lay the burden down
William Blake wakes his sting, drawing out Martin Luther King
Tutu and Madiba saying rainbows still exist
The voice of the Elders coming through the mist
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)

It takes courage (courage)
To learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
It takes courage (courage)
To start to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live, let live
Let live, let live
Let live and let live
It takes courage (courage)
To learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live, let live
(Live and let live, let live)
Let live
(Live and let live, let live)
(Live and let live, let live)
Live and let live
Live and let live
Live and let live
Let live
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Genius Meanings
Peter Gabriel – Live and Let Live (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / Just how much does it have to hurt / Before you let go the pain? / And just how deep does it have to be / Before you yearn to be free again? / Every word can lock you
Peter Gabriel – Live and Let Live (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / Just how much does it have to hurt / Before you let go the pain? / And just how deep does it have to be / Before you yearn to be free again? / Every word can lock you
Peter Gabriel – Panopticom (Bright-Side Mix)
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Peter Gabriel – Love Can Heal (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / Whatever mess you find yourself within / Regardless how you got there / When the edifice has slipped away and died / And left you standing there defenseless / [Chorus
Peter Gabriel – Olive Tree (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / In the misty silvered night / My eyes fall to the ground / I can feel it come alive / In the seeds pushing out through the soil / New life weaves its way out through
Peter Gabriel – ​​i/o (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / I'm just a part of everything / I stand on two legs and I learned to sing / It's not what was said and it's not what I heard / I walk with my dog and I whistle with the
Peter Gabriel – So Much (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / So much unfinished business / All sticky with desire / Raking through the empty shells / Of all the rockets we fired / Set the navigation / For the Earth all warm and
Peter Gabriel – Four Kinds of Horses (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / It all seemed so simple / Remarkably clear / Like the darkest superhero / You will burst into our fear / They must have seen you looking / Watched everything you said
Peter Gabriel – Playing for Time (Dark-Side Mix)
[Part I] / [Verse 1] / Far, far away, out amongst the stars / There’s a planet spinning slowly, we call it ours / Any time, any day / Any moment that we bring to life will never
Peter Gabriel – Love Can Heal (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / Whatever mess you find yourself within / Regardless how you got there / When the edifice has slipped away and died / And left you standing there defenseless / [Chorus
Peter Gabriel – Playing for Time (Bright-Side Mix)
[Part I] / [Verse 1] / Far, far away, out amongst the stars / There’s a planet spinning slowly, we call it ours / Any time, any day / Any moment that we bring to life will never
Peter Gabriel – Olive Tree (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / In the misty silvered night / My eyes fall to the ground / I can feel it come alive / In the seeds pushing out through the soil / New life weaves its way out through
Peter Gabriel – The Court (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / You put your hand up, you make your bid / You got your pictures all laid out on the grid / Dug in the garden in the softest ground / Buried everything that you never
Peter Gabriel – Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)
[Intro] / Waking up, waking up, waking up… / Waking up the road to joy / [Verse 1] / Sore eyes, swollen skies / Look for anchors, look for ties / Sharp sounds swim around / Soak
Peter Gabriel – ​​i/o (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / I'm just a part of everything / I stand on two legs and I learned to sing / It's not what was said and it's not what I heard / I walk with my dog and I whistle with the
Peter Gabriel – Panopticom (Dark-Side Mix)
“Panopticom” is the first release from Peter Gabriel’s i/o. This is the second official mix of the song, the Dark-Side Mix by Tchad Blake, released at the new moon on January 21
Peter Gabriel – The Court (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / You put your hand up, you make your bid / You got your pictures all laid out on the grid / Dug in the garden in the softest ground / Buried everything that you never
Peter Gabriel – And Still (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / All gone away / All gone away / I place my head against your skin / As I did as a boy / And still your hands feel cold / Those hands that brushed my hair / I feel you
Peter Gabriel – So Much (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / So much unfinished business / All sticky with desire / Raking through the empty shells / Of all the rockets we fired / Set the navigation / For the Earth all warm and
Peter Gabriel – And Still (Bright-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / All gone away / All gone away / I place my head against your skin / As I did as a boy / And still your hands feel cold / Those hands that brushed my hair / I feel you
Peter Gabriel – The Court (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / You put your hand up, you make your bid / You got your pictures all laid out on the grid / Dug in the garden in the softest ground / Buried everything that you never
Peter Gabriel – Love Can Heal (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / Whatever mess you find yourself within / Regardless how you got there / When the edifice has slipped away and died / And left you standing there defenseless / [Chorus
Peter Gabriel – This Is Home (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / I looked into the deepest sky / Find what you’d shown me / Here beside the churning sea / A calm came over me / [Chorus] / 'Cause I know, this is home / Home is where I
Peter Gabriel – ​​i/o (Dark-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / I'm just a part of everything / I stand on two legs and I learned to sing / It's not what was said and it's not what I heard / I walk with my dog and I whistle with the
Peter Gabriel – This Is Home (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / I looked into the deepest sky / Find what you’d shown me / Here beside the churning sea / A calm came over me / [Chorus] / 'Cause I know, this is home / Home is where I
Peter Gabriel – And Still (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / All gone away / All gone away / I place my head against your skin / As I did as a boy / And still your hands feel cold / Those hands that brushed my hair / I feel you
Peter Gabriel – Road to Joy (Dark-Side Mix)
[Intro] / Waking up the road to joy / [Verse 1] / Sore eyes, swollen skies / Look for anchors, look for ties / Sharp sounds swim around / Soak into the brittle ground / [Pre-Chorus
Peter Gabriel – Panopticom (In-Side Mix)
[Verse 1] / In the air the smoke cloud takes its form / All the phones take pictures while it's warm / [Chorus] / Panopticom, let’s find out what’s going on / Panopticom, let’s see
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Peter Gabriel – Road to Joy (In-Side Mix)
[Intro] / Waking up the road to joy / [Verse 1] / Sore eyes, swollen skies / Look for anchors, look for ties / Sharp sounds swim around / Soak into the brittle ground / [Pre-Chorus
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