NIGHTPORTER BY JAPAN...


NIGHTPORTER BY JAPAN

David Sylvian
David Sylvian

Could I ever explain this feeling of love?
It just lingers on
The fear in my heart that keeps telling me
Which way to turn

We'll wander again
Our clothes they are wet
We shy from the rain
Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide
The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside

Here am I alone again
A quiet town where life gives in

Japan - Nightporter


Here am I just wondering
Nightporters go
Nightporters slip away

I'll watch for a sign
And if I should ever again cross your mind
I'll sit my room and wait until nightlife begins
And catching my breath, we'll both brave the weather again

Here am I alone again
The quiet town where life gives in
Here am I just wondering
Nightporters go
Nightporters slip away


Love this both for the music and the lyric - it creates such a simple but effective mood with the piano - gentle synths and Sylvian's voice. It could be in the tradition of Heartbreak Hotel with it's loneliness and images of Nightporters and that line "A quiet town where life gives in" - brilliant.


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Ann
i love this song - it was fun when we tried to perform it at cafe. can you put the music on too?
Gime
Thank you!
Japan is one of my three very favourite groups.

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