Released at May 23, 2011
Release date:
May 23, 2011
Copyright:
Samadhisound IIc.
Length:
3:06
Status:
Official
Publisher:
Samadhisound IIc.
Lyrics
Here we are then, here we areNotes from a suicide
And he will never ever be
The greatest living Englishman
It's such a melancholy blue
Or a grey of no significance
Plastic coated surfaces
A space to place his suitcase
As he's bussed from A to B
But it's such a melancholy blue
The curtains round the bed are drawn
Broadcast voices from the ward
The humming of machines are heard
But there are distances between
Yes, there are distances between
His aspirations visited him nightly
And amounted to so little
Too much self in his writing
Now he will never ever be
The greatest living Englishman
The engine shifts into second gear
They're all aboard accounted for
It's a journey he must make alone
The black sheep boy is leaving home
It's been rehearsed a thousand times or more
He's well prepared of that he's sure
But still it's such a melancholy blue
He's erased a page of history
Much as he'd intended to
He wouldn't speak or show you he was happy
Though you'd meet him with your eyes
There was a wall that always stood between you
He'd shut himself outside
And the love that he engendered
Would never be enough
For him to feel alive
Warm and tender
He'd shut himself outside
Not a fake nor a sham
But dug in deep and fighting
The world could not embrace a man
With so much self in his writing
Well he was never gonna be
The greatest living Englishman
He had ideas above his station
Minor virtues go unmentioned
Little England you fit like a straightjacket
Hemmed by the genius of others
He said "to conquer the world is not to leave a trace
Remove even the shadow of the memory of your face"
A grey of no significance
Remix of this Manafon track by Dai Fujikura
Personnel
Music by Sylvian, Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Akiyama, Nakamura
Mixed by Dai Fujikura, David Sylvian
Viola Margaret Dyer
Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar Tetuzi Akiyama
Turntables Otomo Yoshihide
Strings composed and conducted by Dai Fujikura
Vocals David Sylvian
Cello Chris Gross
Strings recorded by Ted Young
Violin Erik Carlson, Jennifer Curtis
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