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David Sylvian
A Victim of Stars 1982–2012
Bamboo Houses (Remix)

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Bamboo Houses (Remix)

Release date: 9th October 2000

From A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

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About This Track

"Bamboo Houses (Remix)" is a track by David Sylvian, from the album A Victim of Stars 1982–2012, released 9th October 2000. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

David Sylvian

David Sylvian

Lyrics

Bamboo Houses (Remix)

[Verse 1: Ryuichi Sakamoto]

僕が大好きだった建物たち

もうほとんど残っていない

小さくて痩せ細った子供たちが歌っている

竹の歌が聞こえる

それでも、人々の生活は続いている

[Verse 2: David Sylvian]

All the buildings I have loved

Are barely standing

All the children too young and thin

Sing bamboo music

[Instrumental Outro]

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Track details

From A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

2000

Album

A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

Release year

2000

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Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) (Remix)A Victim of Stars 1982–2012

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The Scent of Magnolia

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The Shining of Things

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Blinding Light of Heaven

Words with the Shaman - Part 3 (Awakening – Songs from the Treetops)

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20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)

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Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)

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When Poets Dreamed of Angels

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Before the Bullfight

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David Sylvian — Random Acts of Senseless Violence

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David Sylvian — The Good Son

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David Sylvian — Blemish

David Sylvian — The Heart Knows Better

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David Sylvian — Late Night Shopping

David Sylvian — How Little We Need To Be Happy

David Sylvian — A Fire In The Forest

David Sylvian — World Citizen

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David Sylvian — God Man

David Sylvian — Cover Me With Flowers

David Sylvian — The Scent of Magnolia

David Sylvian — Aparna and Nimisha (Dobro #5)

David Sylvian — Weathered Wall (Remix)

David Sylvian — Thoroughly Lost to Logic

David Sylvian — Ride

David Sylvian — All of My Mother's Names

David Sylvian — Dobro 1

David Sylvian — Darkest Dreaming

David Sylvian — Café Europa

David Sylvian — Krishna Blue

David Sylvian — Praise

David Sylvian — Pollen Path

David Sylvian — The Shining of Things

David Sylvian — Wanderlust

David Sylvian — Thalheim

David Sylvian — I Surrender

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours (Live at Takemitsu Memorial Hall, 1998)

David Sylvian — Midnight Sun

David Sylvian — Every Colour You Are

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David Sylvian — Weathered Wall

David Sylvian — Backwaters

David Sylvian — Brilliant Trees

David Sylvian — Nostalgia

David Sylvian — Red Guitar

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours (Version)

David Sylvian — Forbidden Colours

David Sylvian — Bamboo Houses / Bamboo Music

David Sylvian — Bamboo Music

cosa rara
Late Night
125 Spheres
20Th Century Dreaming
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)
A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky
A Certain Slant of Light
A Fire In The Forest
A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil
Albuquerque (Dobro #6)

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