Where the Railroad Meets the Sea - David Sylvian

When you wake up, I'll be gone just like a sailor Hope you know that I didn't want to leave But I'll be where I always said I'll be In the place where the light meets the sea When you call, I sure wish that I could answer Hurts, I know, but it isn't up to me I hope you picture me floatin' in the breeze In the place where the light meets the sea We're all lookin' for heaven Hope that heaven's lookin' for me I'm a dreamer and I've always believed In the place where the light meets the sea All your friends say that you should be movin' on I hate to say it, but darlin', I agree I was broken, but I finally found my peace In the place where the light meets the sea

When the mountain touches the valley All the clouds are taught to fly As our souls will leave this land most peacefully Though our minds be filled with questions In our hearts, we'll understand When the river meets the sea Like a flower that has blossomed In dry and barren sand We are born and born again most gracefully Plus the winds of time will take us With a sure and steady hand When the river meets the sea Patience, my brothers and patience, my son In that sweet and final hour Truth and justice will be done Like a baby when it is sleeping In its loving mother's arms What a newborn baby dreams, is a mystery But his life will find a purpose And in time, he'll understand When the river meets the sea When the river meets the almighty sea

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 life clings to your hands Like water and sand Will loose it's way When you're gone When all's forgiven Still every fault's my own I will take my turn To fight the bullfight Say a prayer for my release When every hope in the world is asleep And my strength will return To fight the bullfight

I see your eyes light up like fire It's medicine to me But as the hunted live their lives You're keeping out of reach So I keep running, falling Till I reach the water Run with me holyman But when I reach out I find I'm standing right beside her Now we're living Blessed with all the thunder in the world Now, should you ask me to come home To wake up from the sleep Like a boat inside a storm Is there no hope for me? So I keep running, falling Wade into the water Run with me riverman But when I reach out I find I'm standing right beside her Now we're living Blessed with all the thunder in the world