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David Sylvian
Nine Horses
Japan Quiet Life

Quiet Life (1979)

  1. Quiet Life
  2. Fall in Love with Me
  3. Despair
  4. In Vogue
  5. Halloween
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties
  7. Alien
  8. The Other Side of Life

Quiet Life

  1. Quiet Life

    Boys, now the times are changing, the going could get rough
    Boys, would that ever cross your mind
    Boys, are you contemplating moving out somewhere
    Boys, will you ever find the time?

    Here we are stranded
    Somehow it all seems the same
    Here comes the quiet life again?

    Boys, now the country's only miles away from here
    Boys, do you recognise the signs?
    Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks
    Boys, it's too late to wonder why

    As you turn to leave
    Never looking back
    Will you think of me?
    Will you ever, could it ever stop?

  2. Fall in Love with Me

    A summerhouse in Texas
    Searching for Siberia
    Pioneering underground

    We looked a lot like you
    Now work is done, the table set
    Deliver insufficient sound

    Oh my, fall in love with me
    Oh my, fall in love with me

    Cross military lines
    Nobody would believe us now
    The weather working with us

    We looked a lot like you
    Now every boy's a refugee
    Living for the moment

    Through the shrieking wails
    Trans-European overseas
    Silently leaving Amsterdam

    We looked a lot like you
    Shy away from standard life
    Each biter moment lingers on

  3. Despair

    Doucement, ne les derangez pas
    Ilya des gens qui vive comme ca
    Les artistes de demain
    En desespoir agreable

    Quietly, now, don't disturb them
    There are people who live like that
    The artists of tomorrow
    In pleasant despair

  4. In Vogue

    Before the light of day reveals itself
    I assured she won't forget
    But still I will console myself
    Should I lose something I could regret

    But now she turns to leave
    Exactly like she used to do

    Did nobody warn you boy
    Love's in vogue again my love
    Did nobody tell you girl
    Love's in vogue again my love

    Before the light of day I awake
    She's clearly not herself today
    Across a crowded room life begins
    Before the moment drifts away

    How bitter the morning feels
    Exactly like it ought to do

  5. Halloween

    The cottage is windswept
    Now there's only sorrow here
    Follow evacuation signs
    You're detached and broken and so sentimental now
    Remembering how we passed our time

    Somebody waits for me
    Far beyond our halloween

    Germanic forces marching on concrete squares
    Our love is just defenceless sound
    And could we believe that all you said was true
    We would be so determined now

    Slowly emerging
    Dividing Germany
    Everyone's lost in East Berlin
    Only believing just what you want to hear
    We're waiting at stations once again

  6. All Tomorrow's Parties

    And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
    A hand-me-down dress from who knows where to all tomorrows parties
    Where will she go what shall she do when midnight comes around
    She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
    And cry behind the door

    And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
    The silken trimmings of yesterday's gown to all tomorrows parties
    What shall she do with Thursday's rags when Monday comes around
    She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
    And cry behind the door

    And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
    Thursday's child is Sunday's clown from whom no-one ever borrows
    A blackened shroud a hand-me-down gown of rags and silks her costume
    Fit for one who sits and cries
    For all tomorrows parties

  7. Alien

    Everything's neat and compact not much to shout about
    But winter is breaking inside of me
    Now life is so incomplete but you're one of the boys again
    Is that all you want to be?

    Now that you feel the weather
    Was it all in vain
    Now that we're together
    We seem so alien

    Slowly descend from heaven
    Any way we turn we win
    But how can you always be so sure?

    Nightporters sleep on weekdays
    Living a lifetime too
    Walking away without a care

    The noise on the stairs disturbs me
    Somebody walks my way
    But can you rely on everything I feel?

    Driving through endless buildings
    The desert is so serene
    But Mondays were never really my ideal

  8. The Other Side of Life

    Well it's been a long time
    How should I feel?
    What can I say?

    With fantastic stories
    You present yourself
    In different ways

    Some particular places
    Remembered so well
    Are hard to forget

    We've travelled so far now
    Then we were so young
    Hard to impress

    But she comes and goes
    The other side of life
    Sheltering only
    The other side of life

    These singular occasions
    We seem to share
    Stumble and fall

    If you could remember to wave a sign of life my way