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David Sylvian – Taking the Veil (1986) | Track profile | Dork

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David Sylvian
Gone to Earth
Taking the Veil

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Taking the Veil

Release date: 13th September 1986

From Gone to Earth

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About This Track

"Taking the Veil" is a track by David Sylvian, from the album Gone to Earth, released 13th September 1986. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

David Sylvian

David Sylvian

Lyrics

Taking the Veil

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

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Track details

From Gone to Earth

1986

Album

Release year

1986

—The Wooden Cross
—A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky
—Before the Bullfight
—Answered Prayers
—Camp Fire: Coyote Country
—Gone to Earth (Remix)
—Laughter & Forgetting
—Home
—River Man
—River Man (Remix)
—Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples
—Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees
—The Healing Place
—Taking the Veil
—Upon This Earth
—Wave
—Where The Railroad Meets The Sea

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Late Night
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A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless SkyGone to Earth
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A Little Girls Dreams Of Taking The Veil
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Credits

Writer: David Sylvian
Producer: David Sylvian, Steve Nye
Drums: Steve Jansen
Keyboards: David Sylvian
Vocals: David Sylvian
Acoustic Guitar: David Sylvian, Phil Palmer
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Credited: Ian Maidman, Phil Palmer, Robert Fripp, Steve Jansen, Steve Nye
Electric Guitar: Robert Fripp
Electronics: David Sylvian
Percussion: Steve Jansen