“Here is the world. It is not a safe place, but however frightening and bewildering life may become, we can survive our fears, grab them by the wolf ’s tail as Peter did, and make peace with the world.”
— ― Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Shock The Monkey is taken from the album Peter Gabriel, also known as Security,originally released in September 1982.
The official Shock The Monkey video, was directed by Brian Grant.
"Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out ‘ the trees Now I’m on my knees Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don’t you know you’re going to shock the monkey
Fox the fox Rat on the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can’t take any more Darling, don’t you monkey with the monkey Monkey, monkey, monkey Don’t you know you’re going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey
Monkey, Wheels keep turning Monkey, Something’s burning Monkey, Don’t like it but I guess I’m learning Shock! Shock! Shock! – watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock! Shock! Shock! – watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don’t you know you’re going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey " - Peter Gabriel.com
