she took my soul in istanbul

• ingiliz şarkıcı marc almond'un çok başarılı olan 1988 tarihli 4. stüdyo albümü the stars we are'da yer alan ve söz-müziği sanatçıyla birlikte billy mcgee'ye ait olan istanbul temalı romantik şarkı. şarkıda, istanbul'un yanı sıra, alkol, tütün ve haşhaş referansları da vardır. sonuçta, masal anlatımı gibi bir tarzı olan çok hoş ve egzotik bir şarkıdır. sözleri şöyledir;
  
  once in a night i spent in istanbul
  i had a dream of a forbidden world
  where even angels fear to look upon
  a place where all of love is doomed to die
  her face appeared through clouds of bitter wine
  sour as the morning's early hours
  she took my hair and she curled it around
  her fingers i was but a fool for love
  the scent of turkish oils mixed with the harsh
  tobacco in the overcrowded bar
  hashish and cool mint in her hair
  i was a fool for love i was a fool
  she sang to me a torch song softly laced
  with mysteries arabian
  it poisoned my mind a sickness in my soul
  i tried i didn't want to hear at all
  a curtain fell before my eyes i did
  succumb into her healing breast
  she sang that song i gave her all my soul
  and my all to the pleasures of the flesh
  i cried that night for those forsaken times
  those times when i was simply satisfied
  i turned to dust that night a thousand times
  that night a thousand times i died inside
  and through what's left of my sad life i hear
  her singing in the fevers of the night
  
  look into the mirror of my eyes
  and tell me what you see
  it's not your love i need
  you'll see
  sorrow, tears and darkness
  these are the pleasures beyond your dreams
  
  i found myself down by the sea
  a hundred years ago when i was in my teens
  and years go by i turned into a man
  my childhood trapped within the sand
  i crawled through life
  on broken glass through hell
  it seems i wakened my desires
  and woke one day wet with the sweat of fear
  wet with the sweat of fear as now with you
  
  i'll reveal your mother come to me
  i'll take you to the safety of the womb
  tell me your secrets
  sorrow tears and darkness
  pour out your heart
  sorrow tears and darkness
  you'll be a fool
  a fool for love
  
  and hell had never seemed so good
  as when i lost my soul became a fool for love
  help me, please to find my way
  look into the mirror of my eyes
  your kiss has clouded up my mind
  and tell me what you see
  i was a fool, a fool for love
  it's not your love i need
  i cried for those forsaken times
  you'll see
  she took my soul in istanbul
  sorrow tears and darkness
  she left me on that night to die
  these are the pleasures beyond your dreams
  
  i am lost
  help me to find my way
  here in a world where angels fear to gaze
  my love is doomed to die
  alone tonight in istanbul
  and i
  a fool
  for
  love
  
  marc almond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfgia1dqbe8
  
  marc almond (the blue mosque remix) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlqlyo645my