Genesis | The Carpet Crawlers (1999) | Karaoke

Karaoke track, with lyrics, made from the original artists audio, with backing vocals if possible. The Carpet Crawlers" is a song written and performed by the English progressive rock band Genesis, recorded for their sixth studio album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The song tells the section of the album's story where Rael, the lead character, finds himself in a red carpeted corridor surrounded by kneeling people crawling towards a wooden door. Rael dashes by them towards the door and goes through it. Behind the door is a table with a candlelit feast on it, and behind that, a spiral staircase that leads upwards out of sight. The complex symbolism of Peter Gabriel's lyrics has been interpreted as referring to the fertilisation journey or as describing a scene inspired by Gnosticism in which humanity is misled by the 'callers': instead of the promise of heaven, the carpet crawlers find death and rebirth to a hellish environment. In 1999, Genesis re-recorded the song with producer Trevor Horn. Featuring Gabriel and Collins sharing lead vocals, this recording was released as "The Carpet Crawlers 1999". This marked the last time both singers recorded with Genesis.A re-recorded version, called "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", was released on the compilation album Turn It On Again: The Hits; this is the last recording to date by the 5-man line-up of Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, and the last studio recording by any configuration of Genesis to date. Gabriel and Collins share the role of lead vocals, ultimately harmonizing toward the end of the song. Collins contributes percussion programming as well.[7] The song's final verse was to be sung by Genesis' third singer Ray Wilson, but he left the band so the plan was dropped and the final verse was left out.