Selected Lyrics

The vast majority of Sylvian lyrics can be found at davidsylvian.net and slowfire. I'll generally only transcribe newly released songs that aren't up elsewhere (or ones that contain interesting background samples or vocals) and live versions of unreleased songs.

Selected Lyric

The House in Which We Live - Live 1992-03-??

Track #NA - Misc Live Songs // By: David Sylvian & Robert Fripp

We enter the circle, chairs are burning
Lights up colours and cornices
Needles parch and inject the air with moisture
With a small movement, walk up some steps, into the moving eye of God
The coarse chatters and sounds of many a people
Framework binds the skin, pulling tight
No sleep, lying in the dugout
Held by the sound of the blood beat

We build the hard walls
High on sand
Let water in ‘til I’m overflowing

Seal the doors with
Stars and kisses
Coloured shadows hidden home

Like figures on a bed of coal
Full moons rise up
And forgive
We climb the ladder
Descending low
To reach the grounds
Of the house in which we live

Like figures on a bed of coal
Full moons rise up
And forgive
We climb the ladder
Descending low
To reach the grounds
Of the house in which we live

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