‘Do You Love Me?’ was the first single from the band’s 8th album ‘Let Love In’ and originally released in March 1994. The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'd love her till the day that I died And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow
On an endless night, silver star spangled The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
She was given to me to put things right And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her Still I seemed so obsolete and small I found God and all His devils insider her In my bed she cast the blizzard out A mock sun blazed upon her head So completely filled with light she was Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
She had a heartful of love and devotion She had a mindful of tyranny and terror Well, I try, I do, I really try But I just err, baby, I do, I error So come and find me, my darling one I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun Blood running down the inside of her legs The moon in the sky is battered and mangled And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle
All things move toward their end I knew before I met her that I would lose her I swear I made every effort to be good to her I swear I made every effort not to abuse her Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me?Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official music video for “Do You Love Me?” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Do You Love Me?’ was the first single from the band’s 8th album ‘Let Love In’ and originally released in March 1994. The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'd love her till the day that I died And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow
On an endless night, silver star spangled The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
She was given to me to put things right And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her Still I seemed so obsolete and small I found God and all His devils insider her In my bed she cast the blizzard out A mock sun blazed upon her head So completely filled with light she was Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
She had a heartful of love and devotion She had a mindful of tyranny and terror Well, I try, I do, I really try But I just err, baby, I do, I error So come and find me, my darling one I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun Blood running down the inside of her legs The moon in the sky is battered and mangled And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle
All things move toward their end I knew before I met her that I would lose her I swear I made every effort to be good to her I swear I made every effort not to abuse her Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
#NickCave #DoYouLoveMe #LetLoveIn
(C)1994 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O Children (from Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-11-30 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O Children (from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
I don’t believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave you as you are And if He felt He had to direct you Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms
And I don’t believe in the existence of angels But looking at you I wonder if that’s true But if I did I would summon them together And ask them to watch over you To each burn a candle for you To make bright and clear your path And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms
But I believe in Love And I know that you do too And I believe in some kind of path That we can walk down, me and you So keep your candles burning And make her journey bright and pure That she will keep returning Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms
(C)1997 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song (Official Video)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-29 | Music video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing The Weeping Song.
#NickCaveAndTheBadSeeds #TheWeepingSong #VevoNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Get Ready For LoveNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-23 | Official music video for ‘Get Ready For Love’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Get Ready For Love’ was the third single taken from the band’s 13th album ‘Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus’. Originally released in February 2005, the single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and James Johnston.
Get ready for love! Praise Him! Get ready for love! Praise Him! Get ready for love! Get ready!
Well, most of all nothing much ever really happens And God rides high up in the ordinary sky Until we find ourselves at our most distracted And the miracle that was promised creeps quietly by
Calling every boy and girl Calling all around the world Calling every boy and girl Calling all around the world
Get ready for love! Praise Him! Get ready for love! Praise Him!
The mighty wave their hankies from their high-windowed palace Sending grief and joy down in supportable doses And we search high and low without mercy or malice While the gate to the Kingdom swings shut and closes
Calling every boy and girl Calling all around the world Calling every boy and girl Calling all around the world
Praise Him till you’ve forgotten what you’re praising Him for Praise Him till you’ve forgotten what you’re praising Him for Then praise Him a little more
(C)2005 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nature BoyNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-19 | Official music video for ‘Nature Boy’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Nature Boy’ was the first single taken from the band’s 13th album ‘Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus. Originally released in September 2004, the single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and James Johnston.
I was just a boy when I sat down To watch the news on TV I saw some ordinary slaughter I saw some routine atrocity My father said, don’t look away You got to be strong, you got to be bold, now He said, that in the end it is beauty That is going to save the world, now
And she moves among the sparrows And she floats upon the breeze She moves among the flowers
She moves something deep inside of me
I was walking around the flower show like a leper Coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria When I saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair Up against the pink and purple wisteria You said, hey, nature boy, are you looking at me With some unrighteous intention?
My knees went weak, I couldn’t speak, I was having thoughts That were not in my best interests to mention
And she moves among the flowers And she floats upon the smoke She moves among the shadows She moves me with just one little look
You took me back to your place And dressed me up in a deep sea diver’s suit You played the patriot, you raised the flag And I stood at full salute Later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb And made it impossible to speak As you closed in, in slow motion, Quoting Sappho, in the original Greek
She moves among the shadows She floats upon the breeze She moves among the candles And we moved through the days and through the years
Years passed by, we were walking by the sea Half delirious You smiled at me and said, Babe I think this thing is getting kind of serious You pointed at something and said Have you ever seen such a beautiful thing? It was then that I broke down It was then that you lifted me up again
She moves among the sparrows And she walks across the sea She moves among the flowers And she moves something deep inside of me
She moves among the sparrows And she floats upon the breeze She moves among the flowers And she moves right up close to me
#NickCaveandthebadseeds #NatureBoy #AbattoirBlues
(C)2004 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - As I Sat Sadly By Her SideNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-18 | Official music video for ‘As I Sat Sadly By Her Side’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘As I Sat Sadly By Her Side’ was the first single taken from the band’s 11th album ‘No More Shall We Part’. Originally released in March 2001, the single featured he Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage with guest backing vocals from Kate & Anna McGarrigle.
As I sat sadly by her side At the window, through the glass She stroked a kitten in her lap And we watched the world as it fell past Softly she spoke these words to me And with brand new eyes, open wide
We pressed our faces to the glass As I sat sadly by her side
She said,”Father, mother, sister, brother, Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest Earth and moon and sun and stars Planets and comets with tails blazing All are there forever falling Falling lovely and amazing”
Then she smiled and turned to me And waited for me to reply Her hair was falling down her shoulders As I sat sadly by her side
As I sat sadly by her side The kitten she did gently pass Over to me and again we pressed Our different faces to the glass “That may be very well”, I said “But watch the one falling in the street See him gesture to his neighbours See him trampled beneath their feet All outward motion connects to nothing For each is concerned with their immediate need Witness the man reaching up from the gutter See the other one stumbling on who can not see”
With trembling hand I turned toward her And pushed the hair out of her eyes The kitten jumped back to her lap As I sat sadly by her side
Then she drew the curtains down And said, “When will you ever learn That what happens there beyond the glass Is simply none of your concern? God has given you but one heart You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers
And God does not care for your benevolence Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others Nor does he care for you to sit At windows in judgement of the world He created While sorrows pile up around you Ugly, useless and over-inflated”
At which she turned her head away Great tears leaping from her eyes I could not wipe the smile from my face As I sat sadly by her side
(C)2001 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Love LetterNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-18 | Official music video for ‘Love Letter’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Love Letter’ was taken from the band’s 11th album ‘No More Shall We Part’. The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Martyn P Casey and Jim Sclavunos with backing vocals from Kate & Anna McGarrigle.
I hold this letter in my hand A plea, a petition, a kind of prayer I hope it does as I have planned Losing her again is more than I can bear I kiss the cold, white envelope I press my lips against her name Two hundred words. We live in hope The sky hangs heavy with rain Love Letter Love Letter Go get her Go get her Love Letter Love Letter Go tell her Go tell her
A wicked wind whips up the hill A handful of hopeful words I love her and I always will The sky is ready to burst Said something I did not mean to say Said something I did not mean to say Said something I did not mean to say It all came out the wrong way
Love Letter Love Letter Go get her Go get her Love Letter Love Letter Go tell her Go tell her
Rain your kisses down upon me Rain your kisses down in storms And for all who’ll come before me In your slowly fading forms I’m going out of my mind Will leave me standing in The rain with a letter and a prayer Whispered on the wind
Come back to me Come back to me O baby please come back to me
#NickCaveandthebadseeds #NickCave #LoveLetter (C)2001 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (Official HD Video)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official HD music video for “Stagger Lee’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Stagger Lee’ was taken from the band’s 9th album ‘Murder Ballads’ and featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis, Martyn P.Casey,Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos & Conway Savage.
It was back in ‘32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards Stagger Lee
He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat Had a ‘28 Ford, had payments on that Stagger Lee His woman threw him out in the ice and snow And told him, “Never ever come back no more” Stagger Lee
So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee
He said, “Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am” The barkeeper said, “No, and I don’t give a good goddamn” To Stagger Lee
He said, “Well bartender, it’s plain to see I’m that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee” Mr. Stagger Lee
Barkeep said, “Yeah, I’ve heard your name down the way And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day” Mr Stagger Lee
Well, those were the last words that the barkeep said ‘Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown Was known to make more money than any bitch in town She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt With Stagger Lee
She saw the barkeep, said, “O God, he can’t be dead!” Stag said, “Well, just count the holes in the motherfucker’s head” She said, “You look like you ain’t scored in quite a time. Why not come to my pad? It won’t cost you a dime” Mr. Stagger Lee
“But there’s something I have to say before you begin You’ll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in, Stagger Lee”
“I’ll stay here till Billy Dilly comes in, till time comes to pass And furthermore I’ll fuck Billy Dilly in his motherfucking ass” Said Stagger Lee
“I’m a bad motherfucker, don’t you know And I’ll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy’s asshole” Said Stagger Lee
Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and said, “You must be That bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee” Stagger Lee “Yeah, I’m Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees And suck my dick, because if you don’t you’re sure to be dead” Said Stagger Lee
Billy Dilly dropped down and slobbered on his head And Stag filled him full of lead Oh yeah.
(C)1995 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - DeannaNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official music video for “Deanna” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘Deanna’ was the second single from the band’s fifth album ‘Tender Prey’ and originally released in September 1988. The song featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers, Thomas Wydler & Roland Wolf.
O Deanna O Deanna! O Deanna Sweet Deanna! O Deanna You know you are my friend, yeah O Deanna And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or money I'm down here for your soul
No carpet on the floor And the winding cloth holds many moths Around your Ku Klux furniture I cum of death-head in your frock We discuss the murder plan We discuss murder and the murder act Murder takes the wheel of your Cadillac And death climbs in the back
O Deanna This is a car O Deanna This is a gun O Deanna And this a day number one O Deanna Our little crimeworn histories Black and smoking christmas trees And honey, it ain't mystery Why you're a mystery to me We will eat out of their pantries And their parlours Ashy leaving in their beds And we'll unload into their heads On this mean season This little angel that I squeezin' She ain't been mean to me
O Deanna O Deanna! O Deanna You are my friend and my partner O Deanna On this house on the hill O Deanna And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or money I'm down here for your soul
O Deanna I am a-knocking O Deanna With my toolbox and my stocking O Deanna And I'll meet you on the corner O Deanna Yes, you point it like a finger O Deanna And squeeze its little thing O Deanna
Feel its kick, hear its bang And let no worry about its issue Don't worry about where its been and don't worry about where it hits Cause it just ain't yours to sin
O Deanna No it just ain't your to sin O Deanna Sweet Deanna O Deanna And we ain't getting any younger O Deanna And I don't intend gettin' any older O Deanna The sun a hump at my shoulder O Deanna O Deanna! O Deanna Sweet Deanna O Deanna And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love of money I'm down here for your soul
#NickCaveandtheBadSeeds #TenderPrey #Deanna (C)1988 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - LovermanNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official music video for “Loverman’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Loverman’ was the second single from the band’s 8th album ‘Let Love In’ and originally released in July 1994. The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer) Bucking and braying and paywing the floor Well, he's howling with pain and crawling up the walls There's a devil waiting outside your door He's weak with evil and broken by the world He's shouting your name and asking for more There's a devil waiting outside your door
Lover man! Since the world began Forever, Amen Till the end of time Take off that dress I'm coming down I'm your loverman Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
L is for LOVE baby O is for ONLY you that I do V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything you are E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do R is for RAPE me M is for MURDER me A is for ANSWERING all of my pryers N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours
I'll be your Loverman! Till the bitter end While empires burn down Forever and ever and ever and ever Amen I'm your Loverman So help me, baby So help me Cause I am what I am what I am I'm your Loverman!
There's a devil crawling along your floor With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door With his straining sex in his jumping paw There'a a devil crawling along your floor And he's old and he's stupid and he's hungry and he's sore And he's blind and he's lame and he's dirty and he's poor There's a devil crawling along your floor
Loverman! Here I stand Forever, Amen Cause I am what I am what I am what I am Forgive me, baby My hands are tied And I got no choice No, I got no choice at all
I'll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby O is for O yes I do V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you E is for EVEN if you want me to R is for RENDER unto me, baby M is for that which is MINE A is for ANY old how, darling N is for ANY old time
I'll be your Loverman! I got a masterplan To take off your dress And be your man
Seize the throne Seize the mantle Seize the crown Cause I am what I am what I am what I am I'm your Loverman!
There's a devil lying by your side You might think he's asleep but take a look at his eyes He wants you, darling, to be his bride There's a devil lying by your side
#NickCave #Loverman #LetLoveIn
(C)1994 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet Of Pure White SnowNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official music video for ‘Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow’ was the second single taken from the band’s 11th album ‘No More Shall We Part’. Originally released in May 2001, the single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage with backing vocals from Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Jim Sclavunos. The video featured cameo appearances by Jarvis Cocker, Noah Taylor and Jason Donovan.
She’s taken her along But they haven’t put their mittens on And there’s fifteen feet of pure white snow? Where is Michael? Where is Mark? Where is Mathew Now it’s getting dark? Where is John? They are all out back Under fifteen feet of pure white snow
Would you please put down that telephone We’re under fifteen feet of pure white snow I waved to my neighbour My neighbour waved to me But my neighbour Is my enemy I kept waving my arms Till I could not see Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Is anybody Out there please? It’s too quiet in here And I’m beginning to freeze I’ve got icicles hanging From my knees Under fifteen feet of pure white snow
Is there anybody here who feels this low? Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Is it any wonder? Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Doctor, Doctor I’m going mad This is the worst day I’ve ever had I can’t remember Ever feeling this bad Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Where’s my nurse I need some healing I’ve been paralysed By a lack of feeling I can’t even find
Anything worth stealing Under fifteen feet of pure white snow Is there anyone else here who doesn’t know? We’re under fifteen feet of pure white snow
Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Raise your hands up to the sky Is it any wonder? Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself! Save Yourself! Help Yourself!
#NickCaveandthebadseeds #NickCave #NoMoreShallWePart (C)2001 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Had A Dream JoeNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-16 | Official music video for “I Had A Dream Joe” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘I Had A Dream Joe’ was the second single from the band’s seventh album ‘Henry’s Dream’ and originally released in August 1992. The song featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
I had a dream, Joe You were standing in the middle of an open road I had a dream, Joe Your hands were raised up to the sky And your mouth was covered in foam I had a dream, Joe A shadowy Jesus flitted from tree to tree I had a dream, Joe And a society of whores stuck needles in an image of me I had a dream, Joe It was Autumn time and thickly fell the leaves And in that dream, Joe A pimp in seersucker suit sucked a toothpick And pointed his finger at me
I had a dream, I had a dream, I had a dream, Joe
I opened my eyes, Joe The night had been a giant, dribbling and pacing the boards I opened my eyes, Joe All your letters and cards stacked up against the door I opened my eyes, Joe The morning light came slowly tumbling through the crack In the window, Joe And I thought of you and I felt like I was lugging A body on my back
I had a dream, I had a dream, I had a dream, Joe
Where did you go, Joe? On that endless, senseless, demented drift Where did you go, Joe? Into the woods, into the trees, where you move and shift Where did you go, Joe? All dressed up in your ridiculous seersucker suit Where did you go, Joe? With that strew of wreckage Forever at the heel of your boot
I had a dream I had a dream I had a dream, Joe I had a dream I had a dream I had a dream, Joe
(C)1992 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy SeatNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-14 | Official music video for “The Mercy Seat” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘The Mercy Seat’ was the first single from the band’s fifth album ‘Tender Prey’ and originally released in May 1988. The song featured the Bad Seeds line up of Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers, Thomas Wydler & Roland Wolf.
It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I.. am.. not.. afraid.. to.. die.
I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner deals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from my food All things either good or ungood.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. An eye for an eye A tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die.
Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog. The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind. They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath gathering at my hind
I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger Died upon the cross And might I say, it seems so fitting in its way He was a carpenter by trade Or at least that's what I'm told
Like my good hand tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist.
In Heaven His throne is made of gold The ark of his Testament is stowed A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold. Down here it's made of wood and wire And my body is on fire And God is never far away.
Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye So I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied.
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L. Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D. 'Tis a long-suffering shackle Collaring all that devil blood.
And the mercy seat is a-burning And I think my head is flowing And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this weighing up of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway, there was no proof And nor a motive why.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. A life for a life And a tooth for a tooth And anyway there was no proof And I'm not afraid to die.
Now the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is smoking And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all these looks of disbelief. A eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. A eye for a eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth But I'm not afraid to lie.
And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth But I'm afraid I told a lie.
#NickCaveandtheBadSeeds #TenderPrey #TheMercySeat
(C)1988 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack The RipperNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-14 | Official music video for “Jack The Ripper” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘Jack The Ripper’ was the first single from the band’s seventh album ‘Henry’s Dream’ and originally released in March 1992. The song featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P. Casey & Thomas Wydler and was released as a double A Side with ‘Straight To You’.
I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss
I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead We bed in a bucket of butcher's knives A awake with a hatchet hanging over my head
Well you know the story of the viper It's long and lean with poison tooth Yeah, you know the story of the viper It's long and lean with poison tooth Well they're hissing under the floorboards Hanging down in bunches from my roof
I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she is I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she is She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss
(C)1992 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Ship SongNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-14 | Official music video for “The Ship Song” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘The Ship Song’ was the first single from the band’s sixth album ‘The Good Son’ and originally released in March 1990. The song featured the Bad Seeds line up of Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers & Thomas Wydler
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around
We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything, it comes tumbling down
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around
Come sail your ships around me (Come sail your ships around me) And burn your bridges down (And burn your bridges down) We make a little history, baby (We make a little history, baby) Every time you come around (Every time you come around)
#NickCaveandtheBadSeeds #TheShipSong #TheGoodSon (C)1990 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Babe, Im On FireNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official music video for ‘Babe I’m On Fire’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Babe I’m On Fire’ was taken from the band’s 12th album ‘Nocturama’. The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage and Jim Sclavunos
(C)2003 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow (Official HD Video)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official HD music video for “Where The Wild Roses Grow’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue.
‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ was the first single from the band’s 9th album ‘Murder Ballads’ and originally released in October 1995.
The single featured guest vocals by Kylie Minogue with the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P. Casey,Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage & Jim Sclavunos.
They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild
When he knocked on my door and entered the room My trembling subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face
They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me that I do not know For my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow, So sweet and scarlet and free?"
On the second day he came with a single red rose He said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow?" I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed "If I show you the roses will you follow?"
They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me that I do not know For my name was Elisa Day
On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die." And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day My name was Elisa Day For my name was Elisa Day
(C)1995 Mute Records, a BMG Company.
#NickCaveAndTheBadSeeds #WhereTheWildrosesGrow #KylieMinogueNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Official Video)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official music video for “Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Red Right Hand’ was the third single from the band’s 8th album ‘Let Love In’ and originally released in October 1994 The single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
The track is currently featured as the theme tune to the award winning crime drama ’Peaky Blinders’.
Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires Hey man, you know you're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man in a dusty black coat with a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul, but there won't be a single thing that you can do He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru They're whispering his name through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
You don't have no money? He'll get you some You don't have no car? He'll get you one You don't have no self-respect, you feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy, 'cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen And hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand
(C)1994 Mute Records, a BMG Company.
#NickCave #RedRightHand #PeakyBlindersNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - (Are You) The One That Ive Been Waiting For?Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official music video for ‘(Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘(Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?’ was the second single taken from the band’s 10th album ‘The Boatman’s Call’ and originally released in May 1997, featuring the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P Casey,Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos & Conway Savage.
I’ve felt you coming, girl, as you drew near I knew you’d find me, cause I longed you here Are you my destiny?
Is this how you’ll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes? Well take that coat, babe, and throw it on the floor Are you the one that I’ve been waiting for?
As you’ve been moving surely toward me My soul has comforted and assured me That in time my heart it will reward me And that all will be revealed So I’ve sat and I’ve watched an ice-age thaw Are you the one that I’ve been waiting for?
Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built Out of longing great wonders have been willed They’re only little tears, darling, let them spill And lay your head upon my shoulder Outside my window the world has gone to war Are you the one that I’ve been waiting for?
O we will know, won’t we? The stars will explode in the sky O but they don’t, do they? Stars have their moment and then they die
There’s a man who spoke wonders Though I’ve never met him He said, ‘He who seeks finds And who knocks will be let in’ I think of you in motion And just how close you are getting And how every little thing anticipates you All down my veins my heart-strings call Are you the one that I’ve been waiting for?
(C)1997 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee ft. P.J Harvey (Official HD Video)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official HD music video for “Henry Lee’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds featuring P.J Harvey.
‘Henry Lee’ was the second single from the band’s 9th album ‘Murder Ballads’ and originally released in February 1996.
The single featured guest vocals by Polly Jean Harvey with the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P. Casey,Thomas Wydler & Conway Savage.
Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than thee And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee She leaned herself against a fence Just for a kiss or two And with a little pen-knife held in her hand She plugged him through and through And the wind did roar and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Come take him by his lilly-white hands Come take him by his feet And throw him in this deep deep well Which is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee Till the flesh drops from your bones For the girl you have in that merry green land Can wait forever for you to come home And the wind did howl and the wind did moan
La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
#NickCaveandtheBadSeeds #HenryLee #PJHarvey
(C)1996 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - BreathlessNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2010-03-13 | Official music video for ‘Breathless’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Breathless’ was the second single taken from the band’s 13th album ‘Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus (Double A Side with ‘There She Goes My Beautiful World’) Originally released in November 2004, the single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and James Johnston.
It’s up in the morning and on the downs Little white clouds like gambolling lambs And I am breathless over you And the red-breasted robin beats his wings His throat it trembles when he sings For he is helpless before you The happy hooded bluebells bow And bend their heads all a-down Heavied by the early morning dew At the whispering stream, at the bubbling brook The fishes leap up to take a look For they are breathless over you Still your hands And still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew
Still your mind Still your soul For still, the fire of love is true And I am breathless without you The wind circles among the trees And it bangs about the new-made leaves For it is breathless without you The fox chases the rabbit round The rabbit hides beneath the ground For he is defenceless without you The sky of daytime dies away And all the earthly things they stop to play For we are all breathless without you I listen to my juddering bones The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs And I am breathless without you Still your hands And still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew Still your soul Still your mind Still, the fire of love is true And I am breathless without you
(C)2004 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Night Of The Lotus EatersNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2009-03-10 | Music video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing Night Of The Lotus Eaters (Extended Version).Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds2009-03-07 | Official music video for ‘Dig Lazarus Dig!!!’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Dig Lazarus Dig!!!” was the first single taken from the band’s 14th album of the same name. Originally released in February 2008,the single featured the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage and Jim Sclavunos.
dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!! DIG YOURSELF, LAZARUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!!!! (dig yourself back in that hole) Larry made his nest up in the autumn branches built from nothing but high hopes & thin air he collected up some BABY-BLASTED mothers they took their chances & for a while lived quite happily up there he came from NEW YORK CITY, but he couldn’t take the pace (thought it was like DOGGY-DOG-WORLD) then he went to SAN FRANCISCO (spent a year in outer space) w/ a sweet little san franciscan girl I can hear my mother wailing & a whole lot of scraping of chairs!!!!!!!! I don’t know what it is but there is definitely something going on upstairs dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!! DIG YOURSELF, LAZARUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!!!! (dig yourself back in that hole) I!!!! WANT!!!!! Y/!!!!!!!! TO!!!!!!!! DIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah, NEW YORK CITY, he had to get out of there & san francisco, well, I don’t know & then to LA, where he spent about a day he thought even the pale sky-stars were smart enough to keep well away from LA!!!!!! meanwhile Larry made up names for the ladies, like MISS BOO!!!! & MISS QUICK!!!!!!!
he stockpiled weapons & took pot shots at the air he feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic wrapped himself up in their soft yellow hair I can hear chants & incantations & some guy is mentioning me in his prayers!!!!! I don’t know what it is but there is definitely something going on upstairs dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!! DIG YOURSELF, LAZARUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!!!! (dig yourself back in that hole) I!!!! WANT!!!!! Y/!!!!!!!! TO!!!!!!!! DIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well NEW YORK CITY, man SAN FRANCISCO, LA (I don’t know) Larry grew increasingly neurotic & obscene!!!!!!!! HE NEVER ASKED TO BE RAISED UP FROM THE TOMB!!! no one ever actually asked him to forsake his DREAMS!!! anyway, to cut a long story short fame finally found him mirrors became his torturers cameras snapped him at every chance the women all went back to their homes & their husbands (secret smiles in the corners of their mouths) he ended up like so many of them do back on the streets of NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!!! (crowd) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in a soup queue/ a dope fiend/ (a slave) then prison/ then the madhouse/ then the grave O POOR LARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but what do we really know of the dead & who actually cares?????????!!!!! I don’t know what it is but there is definitely something going on upstairs dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!! DIG YOURSELF, LAZARUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dig yourself, LAZARUS!!!!!!!! (dig yourself back in that hole) I!!!! WANT!!!!! Y/!!!!!!!! TO!!!!!!!! DIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#NickCaveandthebadseeds #NickCave #DigLazarusDig
(C)2008 Mute Records, a BMG Company.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - TupeloNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2009-02-12 | Music video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing Tupelo.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - More News From NowhereNick Cave & The Bad Seeds2008-05-14 | Music video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing More News From Nowhere.