david sylvian before the bullfight

live at the hammersmith odeon, 30051988 I hear your voice Way down inside A whispering sea Of towering trees But no reply A silence so rare And more than I can stand Sweeps like a flood Through life s flesh and blood And steals away with it s heart If I m losing you Then there s nothing more that I can say The fighting is on And battles are won Or thrown away But if I could live Safe and sound In God given fields Or mountains of steel Then here I d stay Till you d gone Guilty of stealing Every thought I own I will take my turn To fight the bullfight Every word s sunk in deep Like the blades of a knife through my heart But my strength will return To fight the bullfight As time s come to show I m told nothing more than I should know A ship on the sea that threatens to leave But never goes This island of blue Where