Lyrics to
Indigo

This version of Indigo was released by Peter Gabriel in 1978.

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It’s too late, this model’s out of date.
Got every spare part, but there ain’t much heart inside here.
Not like the start, I was good at the art of survival;
I’ve always tried to keep my feelings deep inside
Where I can hide them, now I’m open wide.

When it ends, again I’ll see my friends,
They’ll give me a lift, I’ve been running adrift, so easy…
Shifting the gear, I’ve got nothing to fear from a showdown,
I’ll go down quiet.
And the kids downstairs making a hell of a din,
I’m all alone, getting a quote for the wages of sin.

Beyond the indigo, indigo,
Where the chilly winds, winds will blow,
My time is running low.
Going to cross the dark, dark river,
Going to see my good life-giver,
Better cover my yellow liver.

All right, I’m giving up the fight,
I didn’t know when I’d be a stranger again in my own land.
The days are okay, but oh, how I hate these long nights.
You understand?
Darling, please just hold my hand.
You feel so warm, in the eye of the storm,
I’m going away, I’m going away, I’m going away.
See you again someday…
Darling, I’m going away.
Feel like I’m going away, this time I’m going away.

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About Lyrics and Indigo by Peter Gabriel

The lyrics for Indigo are defined as the words making up the song released by Peter Gabriel in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Indigo have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Peter Gabriel and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Indigo by Peter Gabriel if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Indigo" means the words set to the music of Indigo, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Peter Gabriel. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Indigo and the lyrics to Indigo are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Peter Gabriel who came here looking just for the lyrics to Indigo, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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