#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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) E Standing here on this stony ground C The wind blows hot, pulls these clothes around A I harbour all the same worries as most F The temptation to leave or to give up the ghost D I wrestle with an outlook on life G That shifts between darkness and shadowy light C I struggle with words, for fear that they'll hear Bb A But Orpheus sleeps on his back, still dead to the world 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: Am G Tell me - I'd still love to learn Am G Understand - These fires never die Am G Believe me - When this joke is tired of laughing Am D F G I will be - the promise of my Orpheus' singing 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 |