Given the weighty philosophizing that evidently inspired the song, I do appreciate how Peter Gabriel seems to recognize how ponderous it shines and leavens the lyrics with a couple pop-cultural references--"it is shaken, not stirred" (a la James Bond's martini order) and riffing on the Rolling Stones with "It's Only R̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶R̶o̶̶ll̶ Knock and Knowall (but I Like It)"--which was recorded in '73-'74 and released in July '74, presumably time enough for Gabriel to hear it and add it as a throwaway joke before the Nov '74 release of The Lamb.
Given the weighty philosophizing that evidently inspired the song, I do appreciate how Peter Gabriel seems to recognize how ponderous it shines and leavens the lyrics with a couple pop-cultural references--"it is shaken, not stirred" (a la James Bond's martini order) and riffing on the Rolling Stones with "It's Only R̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶R̶o̶̶ll̶ Knock and Knowall (but I Like It)"--which was recorded in '73-'74 and released in July '74, presumably time enough for Gabriel to hear it and add it as a throwaway joke before the Nov '74 release of The Lamb.