Xavier Lyrics

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Album | Within the Realm of a Dying Sun(1987) |
Type | Studio Full-length |
Genres | Neoclassical Darkwave |
Labels | 4AD Records |
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4. Xavier (6:16)
Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane
Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free
Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin
Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane
Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free
Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin
Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - Lyrics
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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - Album Credits
Members
- Lisa Gerrard : Vocals, Instruments
- Brendan Perry : Vocals, Instruments, Cover Design
- Peter Ulrich : Timpani, Military Snare
Additional musicians
- Alison Harling : Violin
- Emlyn Singleton : Violin
- Piero Gasparini : Viola
- Tony Gamage : Cello
- Gus Ferguson : Cello
- Mark Gerrard : Trumpet
- Richard Avison : Trombone
- John Singleton : Trombone
- Andrew Claxton : Bass Trombone, Tuba
- Ruth Watson : Oboe
Other staff
- John A. Rivers : Producer, Sound Engineer
- Francisco Cabeza : Sound Engineer
- Dead Can Dance : Production
- Bernard Oudin : Photography