David Sylvian - A Certain Slant Of Light

Track #5 from Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.

Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.

None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.

When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.

-Emily Dickinson

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Music

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• david sylvian
• died in the wool
• a certain slant of light
• emily dickinson

[aproachingsilence]

this is just sublime.

[TheRichmoth]

i think david has responded with the tradgedy of micks death producing a beautiful record

[Maxiclaudi]

One of his better tracks of late.

[analoguesynths]

Pure Art. Wonderful.