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Peter Gabriel – The Family and the Fishing Net Lyrics 18 years ago
Arujei is correct, the song is about a wedding, as Peter himself says in the introduction to the song on Peter Gabriel: Plays Live (the 2 disc set, I'm not sure if it appears on the Excerpts version of the album).

Says Peter: "this next one concerns the ritual of the wedding; the ring and the finger... this is called The Family and the Fishing net"

No Genesis references here. In fact, aside from Solsbury Hill, I'm hard pressed to find a reference to anything regarding Genesis in PG's solo stuff.

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