Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats is the sixth track on side three of the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. It's part of a series where we examine the relationship between the lyrics and the story Peter Gabriel wrote in the inner gatefold of the album. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats is an instrumental and has no text from the story associated with it.
TRACK - Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
The track Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats falls between 'The Lamia' and 'The Colony of Slippermen' and has a haunting stillness. It seems to be a transient moment as if time is standing still for Rael.
It's a beautiful piece of music which uses the mellotron to convey a moment of limbow before the realisation that there are others that are just about to invade his world.
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[…] (instrumental) 5:173.Anyway 3:174.Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 2:495.The Lamia 6:586.Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats (instrumental) 3:01Side four1.The Colony of Slippermen 8:12 a. The Arrival b. A Visit to the Doktor […]
[…] (instrumental) 5:173.Anyway 3:174.Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 2:495.The Lamia 6:586.Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats (instrumental) 3:01Side four1.The Colony of Slippermen 8:12 a. The Arrival b. A Visit to the Doktor […]