David Sylvian

The Only Daughter (Original) - David Sylvian She was, she was A friend of mine Do us a favour, your one and only warning Please be gone by morning She was, she was A friend of mine Inconsistencies Words on paper The track still warm I came to hate he

World Citizen (Words by David Sylvian) There goes one baby's life It's such a small amount She's un-American I guess it doesn't count Six thousand children's lives Were simply thrown away Lost without medicine Inside of thirty days In the New York ha

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 on life That shifts between darkness and shadowy light

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 of their wedding gowns The songs of hopeless selfle

He knows well his wicked ways A course of bitterness A grudge held frome his childhod 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 am the law

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 let the devil in And if the river ran dry

Voices heard in fields of green Their joy their calm and luxury Are lost within the wanderings of my mind I'm cutting branches from the trees Shaped by years of memories To exorcise their ghosts from inside of me The sound of waves in a pool of water

I recognise 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 I play my red guitar It's the devil in the flesh It's the iron in my soul I understand you're facing probl

Let me tell you about a friend She contends she will always love me It's this ability to lie and deceive That has lost me completely I could remind her of the facts Make her calm down and relax But why bother? It's the shallowest defense To my utter

What happened here? The butterfly has lost its wings The air's too thick to breathe And there's something in the drinking water. The sun comes up The sun comes up and you're alone Your sense of purpose come undone The traffic tails back to the maze o

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 into the ground In the church of the lost and found The

Wanna step on through Can I check that bag Is there something inside here That could help you relax Did you find something You were looking for Freedom has its price now Wanna buy some more I'll take that coat Remove them shoes Should a guy like me B

Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman Oh baby bake me something sweet Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman Oh baby give me bread to eat There are places in the damp Northwest where The bodies lie down head to feet There were losses in the California sunsh

Maybe I'm wrong I should just keep moving on... I suppose. But I'll see it through Just like some kind of fool. You say you care That this kind of life Leads nowhere. Still, I guess, I'll see it through Just like some kind of fool The rules of the ga

I touched his hand It burned like coal I put paid to the devil And I saw the mountain fall Fall on Feel like crying The joke's gone too far You can be anything you want Every colour you are A family man His patience tried Put a torch to his home and

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 here again September's here again 专辑:Secr

They fired off the first shot So we're on our feet and running We're re-writing all the textbooks In the process of becomming There's so much to live for If we stop putting up a fight There's a place for every story And this one starts with us tonigh

Feels like an ending She's winding her way towards a conclusion That never comes Caroline feels uncomfortably numb She's in deep Surrendering to the promise of sleep Almost done Caroline plays an audience of one And it isn't polite She won't even try

There goes one baby's life It's such a small amount She's un-American I guess it doesn't count Six thousand children's lives Were simply thrown away Lost without medicine Inside of thirty days In the New York harbour Where the stock's withheld It was

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 With all my darkest dreaming Hold me close The