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Taking The Veil Lyrics

In dresses white, all set for sail
A little girl dreams of taking the veil

In dresses white, all set for sail
A little girl dreams of taking the veil

On beaches clean of sand and shell
A little girl dreams of taking the veil

All lightning bright and thunder loud
A little girl dreams safe and sound
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Cover art for Taking The Veil lyrics by David Sylvian

I think it's a young girl -- maybe not so much a little girl per se as a very young teen -- dreaming of being a bride (dresses white = wedding gown. Set for sail = honeymoon) So, it's a young maiden dreaming of meeting, loving,and uniting in love and commitment with her Heart's True Hero

Cover art for Taking The Veil lyrics by David Sylvian

Sylvian has said it's about a little girl dreaming about being a nun, so it is about marriage but more specifically her marriage to Christ.

Cover art for Taking The Veil lyrics by David Sylvian

I'm sure the title is a reference to the Max Ernst collage book.

 
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