Mick Karn (feat. David Sylvian), BUOY

Mick Karn
BUOY

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Underneath a burning sun
There's always work to be done
We take much more than we care to give away

You'll be the moth, I'm the flame
I'll bless you and keep you safe and sound
Until sunrise comes around again

I'm like a mountain made of stone
I'm like a new day dawning
I'll be here every morning, close to you

We'll sail on a river, way out to the Baltic sea
Love will keep us together
And the tide will draw you close to me
(Never words so true, never words so wise)
Love will keep us together
'Cause there's more to this than meets the eye

I burn a candle in your place
I picture the passions on your face
Feelings that rise on a wave and fall away

All the pleasures have returned
All of the lessons I should have learned
Return again to light, for us to see

You're like the map of buried gold
I search for treasures in your soul
And when I'm gone, you'll know I will come back to you

We'll sail on a river, way out to the Baltic sea
Love will keep us together
And the tide will draw you close to me
(Never words so true, never words so wise)
Love will keep us together
'Cause there's more to this than meets the eye

I'm like a mountain made of stone
I'm like a new day dawning
I'll be here every morning, close to you

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Mick Karn (feat. David Sylvian)
BUOY

as MP3 download





The song is taken from
Mick Karn's album
DREAMS OF REASON PRODUCE MONSTERS

on CD

as MP3 Download




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Mick Karn (July 24th 1958 – January 4th 2011)

In the beginning 1980's,

when I discovered the British band

JAPAN,

I not only encountered,

by their singer

David Sylvian,

a voice that would be special to me

over the decades

until today.

I discovered their bass player

Mick Karn.

Apart from the bass guitar,

he played many instruments,

he sang,

 composed music,

wrote lyrics,

he drew and painted,

and he was a sculptor.

Yet,

Mick's unique way of
playing the fretless bass guitar

was what hit me.

It was like nothing I had ever heard before:

Melodic, complex,

downright unpredictable,
iconic, archetypal,

and of the utmost beauty.

No one among my friends

back then in the 1980's

and until now

ever shared my fascination

for Mick's way of making music.

I did not care.

And I still don't.

I am used to finding stuff

that gets into the very core of me

as if it belonged there from the beginning

and yet

is something that is mine alone

because

no one else I know can really get on board with it
or even knows about it in the first place.

It is a lonely way of cherishing things.

But: I don't mind.

I am glad that I found Mick's music,

that it has been so fascinating for me

over all these years,

and this will always be so.

Godspeed, Mick.

I'll see you in another life, brother.

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Listen to one of Mick's songs here:

Mick Karm
feat. David Sylvian
BUOY

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Music of Mick Karn
on CD and as MP3 download
here

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