Peter Gabriel — The Tower That Ate People

[Verse 1] There's a bump in the basement There's a knocking on the wall In the pumping of the pistons I swear I heard you call [Verse 2] There's a bump in the basement There's a hole in the floor There's a guard in the garden Locking up the door [Interlude] [Verse 3] There's a rumble in the floorboards No shutting out the sound And the workers down below me Digging underground [Verse 4] Feel the building all around me Like a wrap of armoured skin But the more we are protected The more we're trapped within [Interlude] We’re building up and up We’re building up and up We’re building up and up We’re building up and up 'Til we can touch the sky [Chorus] Tell it like it is 'Til there's no misunderstanding When you strip it right back Man feed machine Machine feed man [Chorus] Tell it like it is (And on this land, we cast our fortune) 'Til there's no misunderstanding (And on this ground, we make our home) You make up what you like Man feed machine Machine feed man