"Taking the Veil" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It is the first single released in support of his album Gone to Earth.

"Taking the Veil"
Single by David Sylvian
from the album Gone to Earth
B-side	"Taking the Veil" (remix)/"Answered Prayers"/"A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky"
Released	28 July 1986 (1986-07-28)[1]
Recorded	1985–1986 in London and Oxfordshire
Genre	Art rock
Length	4:40
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	David Sylvian
Producer(s)	Steve Nye, David Sylvian
David Sylvian singles chronology
"Words With the Shaman" (1985) "Taking the Veil" (1986) "Silver Moon" (1986)

The song's title was inspired by Sylvian's encounter with the Max Ernst collage novel A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil. However, whereas Ernst's volume deals with various forms of angst undergone by its main character, the lyrics to Sylvian's song are much more positive.

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