
Date of issue: 07.10.2003
Record label: Samadhisound
Song language: English
World Citizen |
What happened here? |
The butterfly has lost its wings |
The air’s too thick to breathe |
And there’s something in the drinking water. |
The sun comes up The sun comes up and you’re alone |
Your sense of purpose come undone |
The traffic tails back to the maze on 101 |
And the news from the sky |
Is looking better for today |
In every single way |
But not for you |
World citizen |
World citizen |
It’s not safe |
All the yellow birds are sleeping |
Cos the air’s not fit for breathing |
It’s not safe |
Why can’t we be Without beginning, without end? |
Why can’t we be? |
World citizen |
World citizen |
And if I stop |
And talk with you awhile |
I’m overwhelmed by the scale |
Of everything you feel |
The lonely inner state emergency |
I want to feel |
Until my heart can take no more |
And there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t give |
I want to break |
The indifference of the days |
I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake |
I won’t be disappointed |
I won’t be disappointed |
I won’t be. |
I saw a face |
It was a face I didn’t know |
Her sadness told me everything about my own |
Can’t let it be When least expected there she is Gone the time and space that separates us And I’m not safe |
I think I need a second skin |
No, I’m not safe |
World citizen |
World citizen |
I want to travel by night |
Across the steppes and over seas |
I want to understand the cost |
Of everything that’s lost |
I want to pronounce all their names correctly |
World citizen |
World citizen |
I won’t be disappointed |
I won’t be. |
She doesn’t laugh |
We’ve gone from comedy to commerce |
And she doesn’t feel the ground she walks upon |
I turn away |
And I’m not sleeping well at night |
And while I know this isn’t right |
What can you do? |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Silver Moon | 2012 |
Messenger ft. David Sylvian | 2005 |
Forbidden Colours ft. Ryuichi Sakamoto | 2012 |
Ride | 2000 |
I Surrender | 2012 |
Nostalgia | 1984 |
Brilliant Trees | 1984 |
Jean The Birdman ft. Robert Fripp | 2012 |
The Scent Of Magnolia | 2000 |
Forbidden Colours ft. David Sylvian | 2012 |
Red Guitar | 2012 |
Still Life In Mobile Homes ft. David Sylvian, Richard Barbieri, Mick Karn | 2002 |
Transit ft. David Sylvian | 2014 |
Before The Bullfight | 2017 |
The Only Daughter ft. Ryoji Ikeda | 2005 |
Taking The Veil | 2017 |
Visions Of China ft. Japan, Richard Barbieri, Mick Karn | 1983 |
Orpheus | 2000 |
World Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano ft. David Sylvian, Keigo Oyamada | 2004 |
The Ink In The Well | 2012 |
Artist lyrics: David Sylvian
Artist lyrics: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Artist lyrics: Ryoji Ikeda