Released: June 2, 1980

Songwriter: Peter Gabriel

Producer: Peter Gabriel

[Verse 1]
Ich find ueberall Einlass
Ich knacke Fenster und Tuer
Ich find schnell meine Wege
Der Kater schleicht ueber den Flur
Ich find all deine Sachen
Versteckt im Schrank und der Uhr

[Chorus 1]
Besser, besser, besser, besser, besser, besser
Besser mit dem Messer die Leitung verlegen
Wir sind unter uns
Ich lass mich erregen, erregen, erregen

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
Ich fuehl diese Hochspannung
Wenn ich weiss, du weisst, ich bin da
Ich fuehl die Angst und den Atem
Der stockt und dann fragt, was da war
Ich fuehl die kalte Seide
Geruch in Kleidern ganz sonderbar

[Chorus 2]
Eindringling, gluecklich nachts nur
Eindringling kommt
Eindringling kommt und legt, legt seine Spur
Seine Spur, seine Spur

[Outro]
Eindringling
Eindringling, Eindringling
Eindringling, Eindringling
Eindringling

Peter Gabriel

As a member of Genesis in the early ‘70s, Peter Gabriel helped move progressive rock to new levels of theatricality. He was no less ambitious as a solo artist, but he was more subtle in his methods. With his first eponymous solo album in 1977, he began exploring darker, more cerebral territory, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, and worldbeat influences into his music. The record, as well as its two similarly titled successors, established Gabriel as a critically acclaimed cult artist, and with 1982’s Security, he began to move into the mainstream; “Shock the Monkey” became his first Top 40 hit, paving the way for his multi-platinum breakthrough So in 1986. Accompanied by a series of groundbreaking videos and the number one single “Sledgehammer,” So became a multi-platinum hit, and Gabriel became an international star. Instead of capitalizing on his sudden success, he began to explore other interests, including recording soundtracks and running his company Real World. By the time he returned to pop with 1992’s Us, his mass audience had faded away and he spent the remainder of the '90s working on multimedia projects for Real World.