No one asked you to be an angel of
Fear
Or even of death
We only wanted your skin to be
As smooth
As the sea
An October afternoon
In Beirut, Lebanon
Between two civil wars
You came
With a handful of pain
And a smile
Which broke the ground under my feet
As the earthquake does
When two people
Meet
Song IV was written by Gavin Bryars & Etel Adnan.
Gavin Bryars released Song IV on Sat Jul 20 1996.