Peter Gabriel, Liz Fraser & Paul Buchanan ----- Downside Up
On 28 May, 2000, Peter was a guest on the BBC TV programme Later with Jools Holland. The show was recorded at the Southampton Guildhall, the first time away from its usual home at Television Centre, in London.
The vocals for Downside Up were performed by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and Paul Buchanan (The Blue Nile). Also on stage are Tony Levin, David Rhodes, Richard Evans, Dom Greensmith and the Black Dyke Band.
[Verse 1]
I looked up at the tallest building
Felt it falling down
I could feel my balance shifting
Everything was moving around
These streets so fixed and solid
Ah shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared
[Chorus]
Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in to the unknown
[Verse 2]
All the strangers look like family
All the family looks so strange
The only constant I am sure of
Is this accelerating rate of change
[Chorus]
Downside up, upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown
[Verse 3]
I stand here
Watch you spinning
Until I am drawn in
A centripetal force
You pull me in
[Breakdown]
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
[Chorus]
Downside up
Upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping into the unknown