Washing Of The Water Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Wonderboy2k 

Cover art for Washing Of The Water lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Surprised no one's said anything about this one. I think the song is about suffering something terrible in the past (heartache etc) and then taking steps to move on. The washing of the water imagary links back to the idea of purity/cleansing. Similar to a baptism where sins from the past are forgotten, and one begins with a clean slate. A really beautiful song.