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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Peter Gabriel
Vocals
Daniel Lanois
Vocals
David Bottrill
Programming
David Rhodes
12-String Guitar
Gus Isidore
Guitar
Levon Minassian
Duduk
Richard Blair
Programming
L. Shankar
Violin
Sinéad O'Connor
Vocals
Tony Levin
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Gabriel
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Gabriel
Producer
Daniel Lanois
Producer
David Bottrill
Mixing Engineer
Richard Blair
Engineer
Richard Chappell
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I caught sight of my reflection
I caught it in the window
I saw the darkness in my heart
I saw the signs of my undoing
They had been there from the start
And the darkness still has work to do
The knotted chord's untying
The heated and the holy
Oh, they're sitting there on high
So secure with everything they're buying
[Verse 2]
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man
[Verse 3]
My grip is surely slipping
I think I've lost my hold
Yes, I think I've lost my hold
I cannot get insurance anymore
They don't take credit, only gold
Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see
You hold so tightly in your hand?
And all the while, the distance grows between you and me
I do not understand
[Verse 4]
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man
[Verse 5]
At my request, you take me in
In that tenderness, I am floating away
No certainty, nothing to rely on
Holding still for a moment
What a moment this is
Oh, for a moment of forgetting
A moment of bliss, ah
[Verse 6]
I can hear the distant thunder of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their hopes
[Verse 7]
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
We wanted the the union
Oh, the woman and the man
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man
I feel the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
In the blood of Eden, we have done everything we can
In the blood of Eden, so we end as we began
With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man
It was all for the union
Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man
Written by: Peter Gabriel