I Surrender David Sylvian

of sorrows now collapsing into joy And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender Recording angels and the poets of the night Bring

The Golden Way David Sylvian

She said "Come to me and sit you down You'll always return as I promised you would When you're through playing games with the bad and the good Immerse your heart in the remains of the day On the golden

Red Guitar David Sylvian

I recognize no method of living that I know. I see only the basic materials I may use. If you ask me, I may tell you. It's been this way for years.

River Man David Sylvian

I see your eyes light up like fire; It's medicine to me. But as the hunted live their lifes, You're keeping out of reach. So I keep running, falling, Till I reach the water. Run with me holy man.

Blackwater David Sylvian

hold you in A sea of silence On the borderline of truth Open violence I see no sign I see no place I've loved Depending on the signs To fine the road Blackwater take me with you To the place

Riverman David Sylvian

I see your eyes light up like fire It's medicine to me But as the hunted live their lives You're keeping out of reach So I keep running, falling Till I reach the water Run with me holyman But

Wanderlust David Sylvian

Help me I feel like I'm weightless Floating right out of your hands And there's only so much I aspire to Taking one day at a time And deliverance has many faces But grace is an aquaintance of mine

Ghosts David Sylvian

When the room is quiet The daylight almost gone It seems there's something I should know Well, I ought to leave But the rain it never stops And I've no particular place to go Just when I think

Krishna Blue David Sylvian

She's here in the snowfall At dead of night The mood is of courtship The final fight She's all that I need All that I am The voice of compassion inside the man If you open the gates The madness begins

The Boy With The Gun David Sylvian

A grudge held from his childhood days As if life had loved him less Reading down his list of names He ticks them one by one He points the barrel at the sky Firing shots off at the sun "I

Before The Bullfight David Sylvian

I hear your voice Way down inside. A whispering sea Of towering trees; But no reply. A silence so rare, And more than I can stand.

Pulling Punches David Sylvian

With eyes that see, hands that feel, Why am I the last to know? Sheltered lives, spent partially breathing, Are gathered together, under new religion.

Orpheus David Sylvian

Standing firm on this stony ground The wind blows hard Pulls these clothes around I harbour all the same worries as most The temptations to leave or to give up the ghost I wrestle with an outlook

Upon This Earth David Sylvian

Looking, by chance, in at the open window, I saw my own self seated in his chair. With gaze abstracted, furrowed forehead, Unkempt hair.

Silver Moon David Sylvian

Out upon the open fields The rain is pouring down We're pulling up the sheets again Against the passing tides of love Every doubt that holds you here Will find their own way out I will build a shelter

Forbidden Colours David Sylvian

The wounds on your hands never seem to heal I thought all i needed was to believe Here am i, a lifetime away from you The blood of christ, or the beat of my heart My love wears forbidden colours My life

Alphabet Angel David Sylvian

It's later than I thought it was The shadows, long and lost Circle through the room Swear as I met your mother there In New Orleans The sun was slipping into blue The longest day is over The longest day

Darkest Dreaming David Sylvian

"Stay tonight We'll watch the full moon rising Hold on tight The sky is breaking I don't ever want to be alone With all my darkest dreaming Hold me close The sky is breaking I don't ever want to be alone

Buoy David Sylvian

to the Baltic sea Love will keep us together And the tide will draw you close to me (Never words so true, never words so wise) Love will keep us together 'Cause there's more to this than meets the eye I

Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) (Remastered 2003) David Sylvian

The wounds on your hands never seem to heal 네 손의 상처는 낫지 않을 것 같아 I thought all I needed was to believe 내게 필요한 건 믿음이었을 거야 Here am I, a lifetime away from you 내가 있는 곳은 너와 떨어진 생애 The blood of Christ

Pop Song David Sylvian

Behind the iron gates The shifts were workes in silence Each weekend beckoned like Ulysses's sirens And as the words were few We'd listen to the radio It was loud, and irritated me so I'll tell you I love

God's Monkey David Sylvian

fall in Born in darkness Built on shame And hurting Filled with silence Filled with silence And stars Stars Stars Find the ladder Climb the ladder To God's monkey No songs To sing That I

Wave David Sylvian

It seems that I remember I dreamed a thousand dreams. We'd face the days together, No matter what they'd bring. A strength inside like I'd never known, Opened the door to life and let it go.

Wave (Version) David Sylvian

It seems that I remember I dreamed a thousand dreams We'd face the days together No matter what they'd bring A strength inside like I'd never known Opened the door to life and let it go This sun may shine

The Scent Of Magnolia David Sylvian

In the coldest hour something's going down Whatever pierced the heart it didn't make a sound I am terrified but I'm not losing sleep If I'm falling then I'm falling at her feet I'm leaving America

Thoroughly Lost To Logic David Sylvian

surrendering in the midst of knowing And for an instant the constant heart shed its own tears Wave upon wave carried me over Beyond the peripheries of hope and fear Deadening the voice of relentless biography I

The Devil's Own David Sylvian

Inexorably goes on The howling of the stray souls of heaven The treasures of the cove Where the traders stored their gold Echo voices still dead to the world Underneath the vine Shaded by the leaves I

Cover Me With Flowers David Sylvian

I can offer nothing This nothing's everlasting I could be Shiva lying Beneath ferocious darkness My heart's devoured Cover me with flowers Let me see the face Of all enduring grace Let me take a crack

Cafe Europa David Sylvian

for every story And this one starts with us tonight Let me take you down To Cafe Europa There's so much to be found So much to discover Let me take you down To Cafe Europa There's so much to be found I

Brilliant Trees David Sylvian

When every step I take Leads me so far away, Every thought should bring me closer home. And there you stand, Making my life possible. Raise my hands up to heaven, But only you could know.

Every Colour You Are David Sylvian

I touched his hand Burned like coal Put pay to the devil And saw the mountain fall Feel like crying The jokes gone to far You can be anything you want Every colour you are Family man His patience

Mother And Child David Sylvian

brought the crime Right to your door An innocent guilty as hell Oh, the cot is open wide Damp with milk and honey Gone the mother and the child In jesus name Should they be waiting there On my return I

Let The Happiness In David Sylvian

Wasted I'm waiting on the empty docks Watching the ships roll in I'm longing for the agony to stop Oh, let the happiness in Oh, let the happiness in Listen to the waves against the rocks I

Jean The Birdman David Sylvian

He gambles on the Sabbath He's pulling at the mane He thrashes on the horse's back Ambition is a bloody game Horse doesn't want to jump The river looks too wide Well he faces every hurdle With a n...

Midnight Sun David Sylvian

They've stolen the moon The magic has gone And there in this place A black midnight sun The darkness is frightening And love is denied They've stolen the moon God only knows why The stars have los...

Laughter And Forgetting David Sylvian

Running like a horse between the trees The ground beneath my feet Gives me something to hold on to With the reins around my heart Guided by hands that spread life before my very eyes Well every h...

Weathered Wall David Sylvian

You were someone to believe in A place for hope in a changing world Feeling every moment Every one of the years spent in your arms After a lifetime of living These soiled hands show no life at all...

Cries And Whispers David Sylvian

Shattered dreams on a bed of lies Now my love dies and cries Cries and whispers My heart grew wing under desert skies Now my love dies and cries Cries and whispers And my heart sings of many thin...

Ride David Sylvian

Messages ran all over town Words without sound Condemned me And left me for dead All over again It wasn't the first time, but this time Things will never be the same Ride, ride the very thought in...

September David Sylvian

The sun shines high aboveThe sounds of laughterThe birds swoop down uponThe crosses of old grey churchesWe say that we're in loveWhile secretly wishing for rainSipping coke and playing gamesSeptemb...

Maria David Sylvian

These words are yours, mariaThe waters warm (hold me)The table bare (till the worst is past)Until the summer nights returnUntil we close our eyesMaria, your every thought's my heartbeatMaria, save ...

When Poets Dreamed Of Angels David Sylvian

She rises early from bedRuns to the mirrorThe bruises inflicted in moments of furyHe kneels beside her once moreWhispers a promise"next time i'll break every bone in your body"And the well-wishers ...

Waterfront David Sylvian

On the banks of a sunset beachMessages scratched in sandBeneath a roaming home of starsYoung boys try their handA spanish harbouring of sortsIn catalonian barsThey were pulled from a sinking shipAn...

Godman David Sylvian

Welcome to Sun StateThe language of lightThe energies impulseThe loud, dark, ironThe purpose of historyIn Eurasian SteppesFrom threshold to thresholdAstonishmentrefrain:You've misunderstood the pla...

Come Morning David Sylvian

God is in the silences Between the rhythms Rise and falling The starring of the skies of blue The promise of tomorrow's calling Hey ho and away we go Hey ho come morning

Pollen Path David Sylvian

Welcome me father on the North shores of LaplandWelcome me father who knows no nameWelcome me mother the earth here is yawningMy body is shaking for want of a flameDown here, got to laughThe kickba...

The Healing Place David Sylvian

That has to be the age of overcomeThe systems which are, which are on theWhich are on the ceilingWhich are on the run to destroyHumankind's nationHumankind's inwardnessHumankind's abilityWhat for m...

Taking The Veil David Sylvian

In dresses white, all set for sailA little girl dreams of taking the veilIn dresses white, all set for sailA little girl dreams of taking the veilOn beaches clean of sand and shellA little girl dre...

Laughter & Forgetting David Sylvian

Running like a horse between the treesThe ground beneath my feetGives me something to hold on toWith the reins around my heartGuided by hands that spread life before my very eyesWell every hope fal...

Gone To Earth David Sylvian

With a burning candle,A book of holy things,They'll throw you up against the wall;Bind your hands with string.Caught in the sudden shower,Our host of heavenly Kings,They're all victims of circumsta...