There is a audience recording labelled with this date and all in very good quality.
Tour information of 1988 - In Praise Of Shamans
Due to illnes of Steve Jansen, some dates were cancelled.Cancelled dates:Jun 04 Apollo, OxfordJun 05 Hippodrome, BristolJun 07 Guildhall, PortsmouthJun 08 Dome BrightonJun 09 St. David's Hall, CardiffJun 10 Arts Centre, Poole
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Orpheus (live 1988)
Standing firm on this stony ground The wind blows hard Pulls these clothes around I harbour all the same worries as most The temptations to leave or to give up the ghost I wrestle with an outlook on life That shifts between darkness and shadowy light I struggle with words for fear that they'll hear But Orpheus sleeps on his back still dead to the world
Sunlight falls, my wings open wide There's a beauty here I cannot deny And bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs Are just so many people I knew never cared Down below on the wreck of the ship Are a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side
Tell me, I've still a lot to learn Understand, these fires never stop Believe me, when this joke is tired of laughing I will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing
Sleepers sleep as we row the boat Just you the weather and I gave up hope But all of the hurdles that fell in our laps Were fuel for the fire and straw for our backs Still the voices have stories to tell Of the power struggles in heaven and hell But we feel secure against such mighty dreams As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring
Tell me, I've still a lot to learn Understand, these fires never stop Please believe, when this joke is tired of laughing I will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Before The Bullfight (live 1988)
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 lose 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
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Taking The Veil (live 1988)
In dresses white, all set for sail A little girl dreams of taking the veil In dresses white, all set for sail A little girl dreams of taking the veil On beaches clean of sand and shell A little girl dreams of taking the veil All lightning bright and thunder loud A little girl dreams safe and sound
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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The Boy With The Gun (live 1988)
He knows well his wicked ways A course of bitterness A grudge held from his childhood days As if life had loved him less Reading down his list of names He ticks them one by one He points the barrel at the sky Firing shots off at the sun
"I am the law and I am the King I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He carves out the victim's names In the wooden butt of the gun He leans well back against the tree He knows his Kingdom's come He'll breath a sigh self satisfied The work is in good hands He shoots the coins into the air And follows where the money lands
"I am the law and I am the King I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He pauses at the city's edge Of hellfire and of stone He summons up the devil there To give him courage of his own He'll free the sinners of deceit They'll hear his name and run His justice is his own reward Measured out beneath the sun
"I am the law and I am the King I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Riverman (live 1988)
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
Including band introduction. Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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The Ink In The Well (live 1988)
The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and vales Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest Picasso is painting the ships in the harbour The wind and sails These are years with a genius for living
The rope is cut, the rabbit is loose (Fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (It's all written down in this age of reason)
The animals run through harvested fields of fire The bitterness shown on the face of the homeless Picasso is painting the flames from the houses The sudden rain These are years with a genius for living
The rope has been cut, the rabbit is loose (Fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (It's all written down in this age of reason)
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Forbidden Colours (live 1988)
The wounds on your hands never seem to heal I thought all I needed was to believe
Here am I, a lifetime away from you The blood of Christ, or the beat of my heart My love wears forbidden colours My life believes
Senseless years thunder by Millions are willing to give their lives for you Does nothing live on?
Learning to cope with feelings aroused in me My hands in the soil, buried in side of myself My love wears forbidden colours My life believes in you once again
I'll go walking in circles While doubting the very ground beneath me Trying to show unquestioning faith in everything Here am I, a lifetime away from you The blood of Christ, or a change of heart
My love wears forbidden colours My life believes My love wears forbidden colours My life believes in you once again
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Brilliant Trees (live 1988)
When you come to me I'll question myself again Is this grip on life still my own
When every step I take Leads me so far away Every thought should bring me closer home
And there you stand Making my life possible Raise my hands up to heaven But only you could know
My whole world stands in front of me By the look in your eyes By the look in your eyes My whole life stretches in front of me Reaching up like a flower Leading my life back to the soil
Every plan I've made's Lost in the scheme of things Within each lesson lies the price to learn
A reason to believe Divorces itself from me Every hope I hold lies in my arms
And there you stand Making my life possible Raise my hands up to heaven But only you could know
My whole world stands in front of me By the look in your eyes By the look in your eyes My whole life stretches in front of me Reaching up like a flower Leading my life back to the soil
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Let The Happiness In (live 1988)
I'm waiting on the empty docks Watching the ships come in I'm waiting for the agony to stop Oh, let the happiness in I'm watching as the gulls all settle down Upon the empty vessels The faded whites of their wedding gowns The songs of hopeless selflessness
The cold December Sun A cold that blisters The hands of a working man Wasted
I'm waiting on the empty docks Watching the ships roll in I'm longing for the agony to stop Oh, let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Listen to the waves against the rocks I don't know where they've been I'm waiting for the skies to open up And let the happiness in
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
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Gone To Earth (live 1988)
With a burning candle A book of holy things They'll throw you up against the wall Bind your hands with string Caught in the sudden shower Our host of heavenly Kings They're all victims of circumstance Of ancient bells that bring All the fear in the world, naked and shy Down upon our heads, with no reason why
And though voices may holler For all they're worth The rabbits have fled their burrows Gone to earth
Performed live in The Praise Of Shamans tour 1988.
Here is an excerpt from a message, written by someone who was there:
As a charter member of the Performing Arts Center staff, I was serving as the Operations/Technical Director during the time that this performance took place and can verify that David Sylvian did appear at Rockwell Hall. While the file for this event no longer remains, I recall that his appearance was promoted and sponsored by B-Sharp Productions, a local Buffalo agency, not by Buffalo State College.
Additionally, as this was the first alternative music concert sponsored by a promoter to be held in the venue, many people were concerned that the mission of the Performing Arts Center would be compromised. It wasn't and the venue has since gone on to be a popular music site for the Buffalo-Niagara community.
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