From: jsinger@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca (Jonathan Singer) Date: 9 Aug 1995 14:08:05 GMT Subject: Re: David Sylvian: Orpheus As I have neither guitar nor cassette nearby, both the chords and lyrics may be a bit off. Perhaps some kind sould could clean up any errors and send it on to OLGA, if it doesn't yet exist there... . ORPHEUS by David Sylvian From the Album: "Secrets of the Beehive" Introduction: E-C-A-F (the C and A may be in reverse order, sorry)

^EStanding here on this stony ground The w^Cind blows hot, pulls these clothes around

I ha^Arbour all the same worries as most The temp^Ftation to leave or to give up the ghost

I wre^Dstle with an outlook on life That sh^Gifts between darkness and shadowy light

I st^Cruggle with words, for fear that they'll hear But Or^Bbpheus sleeps on his back, still dead to the w^Aorld

Verse 2: (same chords) Sunlight falls, my wings open wide There's a beauty here that I cannot deny In bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs Just so many people I knew never cared Down below on the wreck of the ship There's a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side Bridge:

^AmTell me ^G- I'd still love to learn ^AmUnderstand ^G- These fires never die

^AmBelieve me ^G- When this joke is tired of laughing ^AmI will be - the p^Dromise of my ^FOrpheus' s^Ginging

Intro (x2) Verse 3: Asleep as sleepers we row the boat Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope But all of the hurdles that fell in our lives Were fuel for the fire and straw for our backs Still the voices of stories to tell Of the power struggles of heaven and hell But we feel secure again, such mighty dreams As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring. (Bridge) -- Jonathan A. Singer | | "I'd rather that a bigot mistake me| jsinger@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca | | for a lesbian than that a lesbian | University of Western Ontario | | mistake me for a bigot." | Centre for Theory + Criticism | | - Tovah Hollander |

David Sylvian - Orpheus