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“Collapsing into joy… … … ”
Constantly balancing between the unreal and the surreal, the slow advance of this album gently takes you into the dreaming arms of a suspended dimension.
It could be the ideal soundtrack for a documentary on the confrontation of the seasons, it certainly is for the visions of one's soul, projected onto the screen, stretched by the mistral wind infused with sea salt.
The tracks follow one another without ever straying from their predestined uniformity; this feature is a merit and not a limitation of this masterpiece. Every note, starting from the guitar surges, excellently played by both Sylvian himself and the immense Marc Ribot, up to the never intrusive samplings, chisels this album into a shape that changes with each listen.
“I Surrender”, “Thalhiem” and “Darkest Dreaming” are the gems of a work that could accompany you in that dream from which you never want to awake.
“In the everything and nothing In disharmony and rhyme In the sound of shot and echo Who's the victim, what's the crime? What's the crime?”
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 I Surrender (09:24)
I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died embittered from the start
That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered
I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy
And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender
Recording angels and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight
Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender
Outrageous cries of love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks
You tell me I've no need to wonder why I just surrender
I stand too close to see the sleight of hand
How she found this child inside the frightened man
Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender
I've travelled all this way for your embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face
Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all
Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender
She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"
It's alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender
My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of footprints in the sand
Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
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By Mariaelena
"I Surrender," 10 minutes of repeated poetry, is a unique warm tenderness that must never end.
David Sylvian is a sweet and simple narrator of enchanted tales with an oriental fragrance blended with the West.
