Orpheus (2003 Digital Remaster)

Song Orpheus (2003 Digital Remaster)
Artist David Sylvian
Album Secrets Of The Beehive

Lyrics

[00:19.23] Standing firm on this stony ground
[00:23.09] The wind blows hard
[00:24.79] Pulls these clothes around
[00:27.38] I harbour all the same
[00:30.15] Worries as most
[00:31.88] The temptations to leave
[00:33.92] Or to give up the ghost
[00:36.07]
[00:37.16] I wrestle with an outlook on life
[00:41.03] That shifts between darkness
[00:43.20] And shadowy light
[00:45.22] I struggle with words for
[00:47.93] Fear that they'll hear
[00:49.61]
[00:50.12] But orpheus sleeps on his back
[00:53.21] Still dead to the world
[00:56.03]
[00:59.78] Sunlight falls my wings open wide
[01:03.32] There's a beauty here
[01:05.88] I can not deny
[01:08.10] And bottles that tumble
[01:10.20] And crash on the stairs
[01:12.40] Are just so many people
[01:14.87] I knew never cared
[01:16.85]
[01:17.89] Down below on the wreck
[01:20.44] Of the ship
[01:21.20] Are a stronghold of pleasures
[01:23.90] I couldn't regret
[01:26.08] But the baggage is swallowed up
[01:28.90] By the tide
[01:30.56] As orpheus keeps to his promise
[01:33.91] And stays by my side
[01:37.64]
[01:42.36] Tell me I've still a lot to learn
[01:49.43]
[01:50.20] Understand
[01:51.49]
[01:54.68] These fires never stop
[01:58.27]
[01:58.91] Believe me when this joke
[02:04.45] Is tired of laughing
[02:07.57] I will hear the promise of
[02:12.33] My orpheus sing
[02:15.59]
[03:08.39] Sleepers sleep as
[03:09.90] We row the boat
[03:12.08] Just you the weather
[03:14.30] And I gave up hope
[03:16.21]
[03:16.87] But all of the hurdles
[03:18.81] That fell in our laps
[03:20.99] Were fuel for the fire
[03:23.17] And straw for our backs
[03:25.36]
[03:26.31] Still the voices
[03:27.59]
[03:28.10] Have stories to tell
[03:29.83] Of the power struggles
[03:32.48] In heaven and hell
[03:34.62] But we feel secure against
[03:37.19] Such mighty dreams
[03:39.33] As orpheus sings of
[03:41.24] The promise tomorrow may bring
[03:46.49]
[04:09.04] Tell me I've still a lot to learn
[04:16.70] Understand these fires never stop
[04:24.90]
[04:25.70] Please believe
[04:28.91]
[04:30.01] When this joke is tired of laughing
[04:34.10] I will hear the promise of
[04:39.12] My orpheus sing