Digging In The Dirt Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Cbjguppie 

Cover art for Digging In The Dirt lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Digging in the dirt is a metaphor for delving in the past, digging up skeletons of the past. After divorce from his nearly 16 year marriage to Jill Moore he sought therapy for depression. In the beginning refrain he was mentions “The places I got hurt.” As therapy progresses we find perspective out side ourselves. The refrain later changes to “the places we got hurt.” A crumbling marriage, anger issues, infidelity, divorce, hurt, depression, therapy, forgiveness, and eventually healing.

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