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Intruder (Peter Gabriel cover)

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Intruder (Peter Gabriel cover) Lyrics

I know something about opening windows and doors
I know how to move quietly to creep across creaky wooden floors
I know where to find precious things in all your cupboards and drawers
Slipping the clippers
Slipping the clippers through the telephone wires
The sense of isolation inspires
Inspires me
I like to feel the suspense when I'm certain you know I am there
I like you lying awake, your baited breath charging the air
I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear
Intruders happy in the dark
Intruder come
Intruder come and leave his mark, leave his mark

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spashdamage On Dec 12, 2006

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2006-12-12 02:39:45

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by daveIII

19y ago

very simple. Burglary.

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by daveIII

19y ago

very simple. Burglary.

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by steve0965

17y ago

i know its a cover but i thought the primus version was fuckin awesome

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by MysteryAvenger

15y ago

Not just an intruder, someone who has fetishes about a woman he likes, he likes to hide in her house when she is home and sniffs her clothes....

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