The Story Of OVO-Peter Gabriel

[ti:The Story Of OVO] [ar:Peter Gabriel] [al:OVO: Millennium Show] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story Of OVO - Peter Gabriel (彼得·盖布瑞尔) [00:13.89]A long time ago in a far away land [00:16.89]Theo was the man who learned to understand [00:20.32]The riches of the earth [00:21.88]And all that it was worth [00:23.63]The first man that ever tried to stand with his own plan [00:26.49] [00:27.00]Now this man was all about the wind rain and trees [00:30.30]He knew that it would take care of all of his families [00:34.51] [00:47.30]Now Ion was the son who spent his nights and days [00:50.24]Looking for all kinds of ways to get his father's praise [00:53.74]In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress [00:56.23] [00:56.85]Make it faster stronger is what he tried to stress [01:00.66]Sofia was the girl [01:01.91]Living in her own world [01:03.60]She found love and joy with a young sky boy [01:07.03]Sky boys were seen as less to the rest [01:09.90]So it would seem [01:10.89]Sofia went into the woods to daydream [01:12.96]With love in her eyes [01:15.14]Her own father would despise [01:16.89]Her love for the young sky boy he would destroy [01:19.58] [01:21.95]Feet in the earth [01:24.31]Heads in the sky [01:25.37] [01:27.06]We watch the world go by [01:30.37] [01:34.54]Feet in the earth [01:36.42] [01:37.10]Heads in the sky [01:38.79] [01:40.48]We watch as life goes by [01:43.66] [01:47.03]When Theo was gone his son Ion took the power [01:50.28]And in his daddy's name he built the biggest strongest tower [01:53.58]The earth people and sky people divided by machines [01:56.95]And the ones who had nothing were the ones who had the wings [02:00.13]The sky boy just wanted everything to be equal [02:03.13] [02:03.69]From full-time lover to now fighting for his people [02:07.64] [02:20.93]Now Beth was the mom [02:22.06]Who really loved to weave [02:23.55]She couldn't believe her own son would decieve [02:27.11]The sky people got hungry and their welfare was ignored [02:29.73]She let them in the tower and the bloody battle roared [02:33.91]Down came iron and the tower fell as well [02:37.16]The dark days were over and the sky people's hell [02:39.78] [02:40.71]Feet in the earth [02:43.33] [02:44.21]Heads in the sky [02:45.46] [02:47.27]We watch the world go by [02:51.07] [02:54.82]Feet in the earth [02:56.78] [02:57.71]Heads in the sky [02:58.90] [03:01.26]We watch as life goes by [03:04.51] [03:07.18]Sofia and the sky boy had long been kept apart [03:10.57]Sofia grief was faded it was joy that filled her heart [03:13.87]Wrapped in his loving wings Sofia took her man [03:17.24]So the earth and sky united [03:18.80]It was all father's plan [03:20.18] [03:34.08]Theo kept an acorn [03:35.58]Sofia had carefully safely saved [03:37.40]It was planted in the ground that her brother had once paved [03:40.45]With a rustling and a creaking an unearthly sound [03:43.26] [03:43.83]Something big started growing right out of the fertile ground [03:47.25]It was the biggest tree that any of the people ever seen [03:50.56]And it covered up the sky with a layer of leafy green [03:53.94]Then it rained and it rained and they watched the waters rise [03:57.30]Then Sofia led her people to the safety of the skies [04:00.96] [04:02.16]Feet in the earth [04:03.46] [04:04.15]Heads in the sky [04:05.58] [04:07.90]We watch the world go by [04:11.20] [04:15.26]Feet in the earth [04:16.50] [04:17.75]Heads in the sky [04:18.94] [04:20.75]We watch as life goes by [04:24.24] [04:27.43]She climbed and she climbed [04:28.93]But never giving up [04:30.30]So pregnant and exhausted [04:32.11]Finally made it to the top [04:33.86]She looked into the sky and the world began to turn [04:37.41]And with a single cry a new baby had arrived [04:39.97] [04:40.97]With OVO in his nest everyone one had done their best [04:43.89]To prepare for the world and every single test [04:47.27]Soon he was blessed and as his mother stood by [04:50.64]He was soon released and sailed off into the sky