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Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance


Background information
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s) World music
Ambient
Ethereal Wave
Gothic Rock
Post-punk
Years active 1981—2005
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Rykodisc
4AD
Rhino Records
Associated acts Lisa Gerrard
Website Website
Members
Lisa Gerrard
Brendan Perry
Former members
Simon Monroe
Paul Erikson
Peter Ulrich



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Dead Can Dance Album


Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun (1987)
1987
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5.
Dawn Of The Iconoclast
6.
Cantara
7.
Summoning Of The Muse
8.
Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers)
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We scaled the face of reason
To find at least one sign
That could reveal the true dimensions
Of life lest we forget

And maybe it's easier to withdraw from life
With all of it's misery and wretched lies
Away from harm

We lay by cool still waters
And gazed into the sun
And like the moth's great imperfection
Succumbed to her fatal charm

Any maybe it's me who dreams unrequited love
The victim of fools who watch and stand in line
Away from harm

In our vain pursuit of life for one's own end
Will this crooked path ever cease to end


. . .



(Instrumental)


. . .



Hey Patrice don't cry they've no reason to harm you at all
They don't realise that the angels surround you with light
They don't understand their narrow ways defeat them where they stand
They don't realise you hide your sadness beneath a painted smile

Ignorance, that light of fools steers a wayward path
And sets the course upon which we sail into the night of uncertainty
Following the stars that make their way across the sky
Valuing the love that lends grace to our hearts
We sail


. . .



Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane

Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free

Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways

These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin

Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
LyricsUnseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith

Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways

And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains

These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils


. . .

Dawn Of The Iconoclast

[No lyrics]

. . .

Cantara

[No lyrics]

. . .

Summoning Of The Muse

[No lyrics]

. . .

Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers)

[No lyrics]

. . .


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