Gone To Earth David Sylvian

The rabbits have fled their burrows, Gone to earth.

Upon This Earth David Sylvian

I thought that I had suddenly come to die, That to a cold corpse this was my farewell. Until the pen moved slowly upon paper, And tears fell.

Pollen Path David Sylvian

Welcome me father on the North shores of Lapland Welcome me father who knows no name Welcome me mother the earth here is yawning My body is shaking for want of a flame Down here, got to laugh The kickback

Cover Me With Flowers David Sylvian

Hold your head up sonny boy Let the earth dry on it It won't hurt you It won't hurt you Tell me something sonny boy Baptised and plunged Is it worth it?

Before The Bullfight David Sylvian

Till you'd gone. Guilty of stealing Every thought I own. I will take my turn To fight the bullfight.

Silver Moon David Sylvian

of love Every doubt that holds you here Will find their own way out I will build a shelter if you call Just take my hand and walk Over mountains high and wide Bridging rivers deep inside With a will to

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

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

Mother And Child David Sylvian

Shadows form knights and pawns Upon the squares Blood is drawn up from the well Secret signs brought the crime Right to your door An innocent guilty as hell Oh, the cot is open wide Damp with milk and

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

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

Krishna Blue David Sylvian

she moves The grace and the light that will see me through It's coming true She's prising the rope from my hands The fear and the hopes that I held onto It's coming true Colour the river I swim back to

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

Cafe Europa David Sylvian

They fired off the first shot So we're on our feet and runnin' We're re-writing all the textbooks In the process of becoming There's so much to live for If we stop putting up a fight There's a place for

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

Brilliant Trees David Sylvian

When you come to me, I'll question myself again; Is this grip on life still my own? When every step I take Leads me so far away, Every thought should bring me closer home.

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

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

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

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

Let The Happiness In David Sylvian

I'm waiting on the empty docks Watching the ships come in I'm waiting for the agony to stop Oh, let the happiness in I'm watching as the gulls all settle down Upon the empty vessels The faded whites

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.

Thoroughly Lost To Logic David Sylvian

subtle as silence Then on, outwards, into the darkness When the crazy one came She placed her finger on my forehead And pushed on through I woke up, face on fire Spitting out diamonds Thoroughly lost to

Backwaters David Sylvian

"Once again I'm hiding in backwaters, Running this way and that, Trying so very hard to please. (Beware of hidden snares.) Rushing to bite the hand that feeds me, Running this way and that.

Wave David Sylvian

A strength inside like I'd never known, Opened the door to life and let it go. This sun may shine forever, Upon the back of love. A kingdom raised from ashes, And held within your arms.

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

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

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

Ride David Sylvian

Things will never be the same Ride, ride the very thought into the ground In the church of the lost and found The angels cry Ride, ride until the darkness closes in Until the ravaged soul begins To

Waterfront David Sylvian

bars They were pulled from a sinking ship And saved for last On the waterfront the rain Is pouring in my heart Here the memories come in waves Raking in the lost and found of years And though i'd like to

The Healing Place David Sylvian

That has to be the age of overcome The systems which are, which are on the Which are on the ceiling Which are on the run to destroy Humankind's nation Humankind's inwardness Humankind's ability What for

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

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

The Devil's Own David Sylvian

Dragging all his own down into hell The ticking of the clock 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

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

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

Laughter & 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 hope falls

The Boy With The Gun David Sylvian

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 am the law and I am the King I am the wisdom, listen to

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.

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

I Surrender David Sylvian

that we fight Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender Outrageous cries of love have called me back Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks You tell me I've no need to

When Poets Dreamed Of Angels David Sylvian

She rises early from bed Runs to the mirror The bruises inflicted in moments of fury He kneels beside her once more Whispers a promise "next time i'll break every bone in your body" And the well-wishers

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

Alphabet Angel David Sylvian

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 My alphabet angels come out to

Nostalgia David Sylvian

To exorcise their ghosts from inside of me. The sound of waves in a pool of water. I'm drowing in my nostalgia. Nostaligia. Ay, ay, ay, nostaligia. The sound of waves in a pool of water.

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...

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...

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 ...

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