《The Mercy Seat(Live from KCRW)》歌词

歌曲： The Mercy Seat(Live from KCRW)

所属专辑：Live from KCRW

歌手： Nick Cave And The Bad See

时长： 05:11

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The Mercy Seat (Live from KCRW) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds[00:00:00]

I began to warm and chill[00:00:17]

To objects and their fields[00:00:21]

A ragged cup a twisted mop[00:00:25]

The face of Jesus in my soup[00:00:29]

Those sinister dinner meals[00:00:33]

The meal trolley's wicked wheels[00:00:37]

A hooked bone rising from my food[00:00:41]

All things either good or ungood[00:00:45]

And the mercy seat is waiting[00:00:49]

And I think my head is burning[00:00:53]

And in a way I'm yearning[00:00:57]

To be done with all this measuring of truth[00:00:59]

An eye for an eye[00:01:05]

A tooth for a tooth[00:01:06]

And anyway I told the truth[00:01:08]

And I'm not afraid to die[00:01:13]

Interpret signs and catalogue[00:01:32]

A blackened tooth a scarlet fog[00:01:36]

The walls are bad black bottom kind[00:01:40]

They are sick breath at my hind[00:01:44]

I hear stories from the chamber[00:01:48]

How Christ was born into a manger[00:01:52]

And like some ragged stranger[00:01:55]

Died upon the cross[00:01:58]

And might I say it seems so fitting in its way[00:02:01]

He was a carpenter by trade[00:02:06]

Or at least that's what I'm told[00:02:11]

Like my good hand I tatooed EVIL across[00:02:22]

It's brother's fist[00:02:27]

That filthy five[00:02:30]

They did nothing to challenge or resist[00:02:32]

In Heaven His throne is made of gold[00:02:38]

The ark of his Testament is stowed[00:02:41]

A throne from which I'm told[00:02:45]

All history does unfold[00:02:48]

Down here it's made of wood and wire[00:02:51]

And my body is on fire[00:02:55]

And God is never far away[00:03:01]

My kill-hand is called EVIL[00:03:05]

Wears a wedding band that's GOOD[00:03:09]

This a long suffering shackle[00:03:12]

Collaring all that rebel blood[00:03:16]

And the mercy seat is burning[00:03:20]

And I think my head is glowing[00:03:24]

And in a way I'm hoping[00:03:27]

To be done with all this weighing up of truth[00:03:30]

An eye for an eye[00:03:35]

And a tooth for a tooth[00:03:37]

And I've got nothing left to lose[00:03:39]

And I'm not afraid to die[00:03:43]

And the mercy seat is burning[00:03:46]

And I think my head is glowing[00:03:50]

And in a way I'm hoping[00:03:53]

To be done with all this twisted of the truth[00:03:56]

An eye for an eye[00:04:01]

And a tooth for a tooth[00:04:03]

And I've got nothing left to lose[00:04:05]

And I'm not afraid to die[00:04:08]

And the mercy seat is smoking[00:04:12]

And I think my head is boiling[00:04:15]

And in a way I'm spoiling[00:04:19]

All the fun with all this truth and consequence[00:04:21]

An eye for an eye[00:04:27]

And a truth for a truth[00:04:29]

And anyway I told the truth[00:04:31]

But I'm afraid I told a lie[00:04:35]