Who'll do for him
Child of the 50's
With no common sense
And no easy resting place
Only lichen on beeches
Oil on gun barrel
And the hard taste of pennies
A gardener’s folly
Stands as proud as you please
The lungs won't fill, the heart won't start
Landlocked child of the seas
And he alone is a man without qualities
Combed his body for disorders
But the disease lived on in far off quarters
As a God everything was filled to excess
As a man he settled for less
Here lies the rabbit skinner
God love the rabbit skinner
A life without purchase
No story to tell
And three little bitches fight where he fell.
Foxes, foxes, give her a sign
Enter the little girl and show her what's mine
Play hard and fast with the rules if you please
Here lies a man without qualities.
You can find all the Manafon's lyrics here:
http://www.davidsylvian.com/texts/lyrics_and_poetry/manafon_lyrics.htmlThe Rabbit Skinner - David Sylvian
MANAFON (2009) *my album of the year*
music: fennesz/mattos/parker/ryan/sylvian/tilbu ry; lyrics: sylvian; piano: john tilbury; saxophone: evan parker; cello: marcio mattos; laptop guitar: christian fennesz; live signal processing: joel ryan; vocals, acoustic guitar: david sylvian
*cine memento by freccia, that's me. Playing with black and white, shadows, lebenswelt, phänomenologie, mists, motion and stop-motion, intentionalität, blinks, man without quality, deconstruction, Derrida and Husserl, imperfection and water*
For more info and to buy the album please go to:
http://www.samadhisound.com/
http://www.manafon.com/
http://www.davidsylvian.com/
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