Peter Gabriel - The Story of OVO Lyrics

A long time ago, in a far away land
Theo was the man who learned
To understand the riches of the earth
And all that it was worth
The first man that ever tried to stand with his own plan
Now this man was all about the wind rain and trees
He knew that it would take care
Of all of his family needs
OVO

Now Ion was the son who spent his nights and days
Looking for all kinds of ways to get his father's praise
In all daddy's ways he just wanted to impress
Bigger, faster, stronger is what he tried to stress

Sofia was the girl
Living in her own world
She found love and joy with a young sky boy
Sky boys were seen as less to the rest
So it would seem
Sofia went into the woods to daydream
With love in her eyes
Her own father would despise
Her love for the young sky boy he would destroy

Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch the world go by
Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch as life goes by

When Theo was gone, his son Ion took the power
And in his daddy's name, built the biggest strongest tower
The earth people and sky people divided by machines
And the ones who had nothing
Were the ones who had the wings

The sky boy just wanted everything to be equal
From full-time lover
To now fighting for his people
OVO

Now Beth was the mom
Who really loved to weave
She couldn't believe her own son would decieve
The sky people got hungry
And their welfare was ignored
She let them in the tower
And the bloody battle roared
Down came Ion
And the tower fell as well
The dark days were over
And the sky people's hell

Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch the world go by
Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch as life goes by

Sofia and the sky boy had long been kept apart
Sofia grief was faded
It was joy that filled her heart
Wrapped in his loving wings
Sofia took her man
So the earth and sky united
It was all father's plan
OVO

Theo kept an acorn
Sofia had carefully saved
It was planted in the ground that her brother had once paved
With a rustling and a creaking
An unearthly sound
Something big started growing right out of the fertile ground

It was the biggest tree that any of the people ever seen
And it covered up the sky with a layer of leafy green
Then it rained and it rained
And they watched the waters rise
Then Sofia led her people
To the safety of the skies

Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch the world go by
Feet in the earth
Heads in the sky
We watch as life goes by

She climbed and she climbed
But never giving up
So pregnant and exhausted
Finally made it to the top
She looked into the sky
And the world began to turn
And with a single cry a new baby had arrived

With OVO in his nest, everyone one had done their best
To prepare for the world
And every single test
Soon he was blessed
And as his mother stood by
He was soon released
And sailed off into the sky
OVO