Digging In The Dirt

Album: Us (1992)
Charted: 24 52
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Peter Gabriel
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 9

  • Rob Brown from Traveling The UsaIf a survivor of sexual abuse pays attention to the lyrics, its truly mind-blowing just how dead-on they are to our lives...and I mean ALL of the lyrics.
  • Annalina from Hamilton, OnSaw the same interview, and another wherein he said lots of people say he's a great guy for his humanitarian work, but they don't know his other side. He said he was a misogynist w/lots of anger and had to work through that in therapy.
  • Stone from Finger LakesThe verse that starts with "Don't talk back" made me first think of being driven around in a limo or even a cab where you had just had a hard day and didn't want to talk to the driver.
  • Aleta from BellevueI always thought it was about Rosanna Arquette. She posed for Playboy against his wishes, and they split up over the incident.
  • Chris from Germany This song was released when I first went to school. I remember that the video had a lot of airplay on MTV
    and again one of his masterpieces where some ask what is better the video or the song.
  • Sue from Tampa, FlI saw Gabriel say that it's about him going through therapy after the breakup of a serious relationship (Rosanna Arquette)
  • Sue from Tampa, FlWhen it came out, I saw Gabriel interviewed. He said that he had underwent therapy after his breakup with Rosanna Arquetter. That's what this song was about.
  • Jenny from Chicago, Ilwhen i saw the "Us" tour, this song was sung while peter removed layers off a giant face.
    (honestly can't remember what it was covered with)
  • Albert from Barrie, CanadaWho wrote Our desire to kill?
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