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

September David Sylvian

The sun shines high above The sounds of laughter The birds swoop down upon The crosses of old grey churches We say that we're in love While secretly wishing for rain Sipping coke and playing games September's

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

The Boy With The Gun David Sylvian

of bitterness 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

Godman David Sylvian

Welcome to Sun State The language of light The energies impulse The loud, dark, iron The purpose of history In Eurasian Steppes From threshold to threshold Astonishment refrain: You've misunderstood the

Let The Happiness In David Sylvian

to stop Oh, let the happiness in I'm watching as the gulls all settle down Upon the empty vessels The faded whites of their wedding gowns The songs of hopeless selflessness The cold December Sun

The Golden Way David Sylvian

telling me stories of surrender and joy Of warrior gods that the heavens deployed And love that spills out from the words on the page In this golden age Shoot an arrow to Shiva Through the blood of the sun

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

Wave David Sylvian

This sun may shine forever, Upon the back of love. A kingdom raised from ashes, And held within your arms. And should the rain break through the trees, We'll find a shelter there and never leave.

Buoy David Sylvian

Underneath a burning sun There's always work to be done We take much more than we care to give away You'll be the moth, I'm the flame I'll bless you and keep you safe and sound Until sunrise comes around

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...

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...

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 o...

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...

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...

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 when...

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...

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 that ...

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 I'm...

God's Monkey David Sylvian

One push You 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 Surrender David Sylvian

I opened up the pathway of the heart The flowers died embittered from the start That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy His life...

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...

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,...

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 ...

The Devil's Own David Sylvian

The night is dark and coldThe strong winds and the rainCrack the branches upon my windowThe devil beats his drumCasting out his spellDragging all his own down into hellThe ticking of the clockInexo...

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 ...

Mother And Child David Sylvian

Shadows form knights and pawnsUpon the squaresBlood is drawn up from the wellSecret signs brought the crimeRight to your doorAn innocent guilty as hellOh, the cot is open wideDamp with milk and hon...

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...

Forbidden Colours David Sylvian

The wounds on your hands never seem to healI thought all i needed was to believeHere am i, a lifetime away from youThe blood of christ, or the beat of my heartMy love wears forbidden coloursMy life...

Pop Song David Sylvian

Behind the iron gatesThe shifts were workes in silenceEach weekend beckoned like Ulysses's sirensAnd as the words were fewWe'd listen to the radioIt was loud, and irritated me soI'll tell you I lov...

Thoroughly Lost To Logic David Sylvian

When the little one cameA hole was blown openA partial surrendering in the midst of knowingAnd for an instant the constant heart shed its own tearsWave upon wave carried me overBeyond the peripheri...

Cover Me With Flowers David Sylvian

Hold your head up sonny boyLet the earth dry on itIt won't hurt youIt won't hurt youTell me something sonny boyBaptised and plungedIs it worth it?It must be worth itHold your head up sonny boyLet t...

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

Krishna Blue David Sylvian

She's here in the snowfallAt dead of nightThe mood is of courtshipThe final fightShe's all that I needAll that I amThe voice of compassion inside the manIf you open the gatesThe madness beginsI'll ...

Cafe Europa David Sylvian

They fired off the first shotSo we're on our feet and runnin'We're re-writing all the textbooksIn the process of becomingThere's so much to live forIf we stop putting up a fightThere's a place for ...

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...

Darkest Dreaming David Sylvian

"Stay tonightWe'll watch the full moon risingHold on tightThe sky is breakingI don't ever want to be aloneWith all my darkest dreamingHold me closeThe sky is breakingI don't ever want to be aloneWi...

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.I thought that I had suddenly come to die,That to a cold corpse ...

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...

Before The Bullfight David Sylvian

I hear your voiceWay down inside.A whispering seaOf towering trees;But no reply.A silence so rare,And more than I can stand.Sweeps like a flood,Through life's flesh and blood,And steals away with i...

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...

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.But when...

Silver Moon David Sylvian

Out upon the open fieldsThe rain is pouring downWe're pulling up the sheets againAgainst the passing tides of loveEvery doubt that holds you hereWill find their own way outI will build a shelter if...

Pulling Punches David Sylvian

If heaven watches over me,Sowing seeds back in the soil.With eyes that see, hands that feel,Why am I the last to know?Sheltered lives, spent partially breathing,Are gathered together, under new rel...

The Ink In The Well David Sylvian

The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and valesNostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongestPicasso is painting the ships in the harbour the wind and sailsThese are years with a genius fo...

Nostalgia David Sylvian

Voices heard in fields of green.Their joy, their calm, and luxuryAre lost within the wanderings of my mind.I'm cutting branches from the trees,Shaped by years om memories.To exorcise their ghosts f...