The Boy With The Gun David Sylvian

at the sky Firing shots off at the sun "I am the law and I am the King I am the wisdom, listen to me sing" He carves out the victim's names In the wooden butt of the gun He leans well

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?

The Scent Of Magnolia David Sylvian

, I'm taking a girl I'm selling my soul again, I'm gaining the world Every sense defies this impossible dream None of the history books describe what I've seen The rose, the breath, the undying spark

River Man David Sylvian

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 I reach out, I find I'm standing right beside her.

The Ink In The Well David Sylvian

The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and vales Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest Picasso is painting the ships in the harbour the wind and sails These are years with a genius for

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

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

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.

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

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

Wave David Sylvian

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 forever, Upon the back of love.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Before The Bullfight David Sylvian

Sweeps like a flood, Through life's flesh and blood, And steals away with it's heart. If I'm losing you, Then there's nothing more that I can say.

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

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?

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

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

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

The Devil's Own David Sylvian

The night is dark and cold The strong winds and the rain Crack the branches upon my window The devil beats his drum Casting out his spell Dragging all his own down into hell The ticking of the clock Inexorably

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

Red Guitar David Sylvian

I see only the basic materials I may use. If you ask me, I may tell you. It's been this way for years. I play my red guitar; It's the devil in the flesh, It's the iron in my soul.

Waterfront David Sylvian

On the banks of a sunset beach Messages scratched in sand Beneath a roaming home of stars Young boys try their hand A spanish harbouring of sorts In catalonian bars They were pulled from a sinking ship

Thoroughly Lost To Logic David Sylvian

When the little one came A hole was blown open A partial 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

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

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

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

Taking The Veil David Sylvian

In dresses white, all set for sail A little girl dreams of taking the veil In dresses white, all set for sail A little girl dreams of taking the veil On beaches clean of sand and shell A little girl dreams

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maria David Sylvian

These words are yours, maria The waters warm (hold me) The table bare (till the worst is past) Until the summer nights return Until we close our eyes Maria, your every thought's my heartbeat Maria, save

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

Wanderlust David Sylvian

state that I'm in Between no longer and not yet On the threshold of some bright affair The match was struck and I was fired The embers of a drowning man Tell me why won't I listen Or acknowledge

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

Brilliant Trees David Sylvian

My whole world stands in front of me, By the look in your eyes. By the look in your eyes. My whole life stretches in front of me, Reaching up like a flower, Leading my life back to the soil.

Nostalgia David Sylvian

Their joy, their calm, and luxury Are lost within the wanderings of my mind. I'm cutting branches from the trees, Shaped by years om memories. To exorcise their ghosts from inside of me.