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 selflessness The cold december sun A cold that blisters […]
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 honey Gone the mother and the child In jesus name Should they be waiting there On […]
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 they’d deny it happening As the card players […]
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 goes on The howling of the stray souls of heaven The treasures of the cove […]
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 on life That shifts between darkness and shadowy light I struggle with words for fear that they’ll hear […]
Maria - David Sylvian
"climb the stairs And step into my dream house" 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 a thought for me
He knows well his wicked ways A course 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 "i am the law and i […]
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
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 things In cries and whispers
The beat of his wings on the moon never tire As black crow descends stealing somebody else’s fire Suffering is no cause for pity As black crow hits shoe shine city God’s burned his wings Struck dumb for his crimes A black crow descends on shoe shine city
