The Mercy Seat-Nick Cave

[00:16.66]I began to warm and chill [00:19.27]To objects and their fields [00:21.87]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:24.68]The face of jesus in my soup [00:27.36]Those sinister dinner meals [00:30.39]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:33.03]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:36.22]All things either good or ungood [00:39.20]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:40.91]And I think my head is burning [00:43.61]And in a way I'm yearning [00:45.41]To be done with all this measuring of truth [00:49.86]An eye for an eye [00:50.85]A tooth for a tooth [00:51.85]And anyway I told the truth [00:54.45]And I'm not afraid to die [00:57.54] [01:02.47]Interpret signs and catalogue [01:05.13]A blackened tooth a scarlet fog [01:08.01]The walls are bad black bottom kind [01:10.82]They are sick breath at my hind [01:13.74]They are sick breath at my hind [01:16.24]They are sick breath at my hind [01:18.86]They are sick breath gathering at my hind [01:25.48]I hear stories from the chamber [01:28.22]How christ was born into a manger [01:30.86]And like some ragged stranger [01:32.70]Died upon the cross [01:33.86]And might I say it seems so fitting in its way [01:38.29]He was a carpenter by trade [01:40.82]Or at least that's what I'm told [01:43.44] [01:48.63]Like my good hand I [01:50.64]Tatooed evil across it's brother's fist [01:54.44]That filthy five they did nothing to challenge or resist [01:59.55]In Heaven his throne is made of gold [02:02.16]The ark of his testament is stowed [02:04.67]A throne from which I'm told [02:06.51]All history does unfold [02:08.57]Down here it's made of wood and wire [02:11.14]And my body is on fire [02:14.62]And God is never far away [02:17.82]Into the mercy seat I climb [02:19.98]My head is shaved my head is wired [02:22.85]And like a moth that tries [02:25.72]To enter the bright eye [02:26.83]I go shuffling out of life [02:29.81]Just to hide in death awhile [02:33.16]And anyway I never lied [02:36.50]My kill hand is called evil [02:38.52]Wears a wedding band that's good [02:40.75]Tis a long suffering shackle [02:43.02]Collaring all that rebel blood [02:45.85]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:47.84]And I think my head is burning [02:50.75]And in a way I'm yearning [02:52.64]To be done with all this measuring of truth [02:56.35]An eye for an eye [02:57.92]And a tooth for a tooth [02:58.87]And anyway I told the truth [03:01.11]And I'm not afraid to die [03:03.98]And the mercy seat is burning [03:06.02]And I think my head is glowing [03:08.59]And in a way I'm hoping [03:10.62]To be done with all this weighing up of truth [03:13.79]An eye for an eye [03:15.32]And a tooth for a tooth [03:16.61]And I've got nothing left to lose [03:19.07]And I'm not afraid to die [03:21.96]And the mercy seat is glowing [03:24.00]And I think my head is smoking [03:26.59]And in a way I'm hoping [03:29.03]To be done with all this looks of disbelief [03:31.73]An eye for an eye [03:33.77]And a tooth for a tooth [03:34.73]And anyway there was no proof [03:37.25]Nor a motive why [03:40.07]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:41.93]And I think my head is melting [03:44.49]And in a way I'm helping [03:46.59]To be done with all this twisted of the truth [03:49.64]A lie for a lie [03:50.58]And a truth for a truth [03:51.64]And I've got nothing left to lose [03:54.61]And I'm not afraid to die [03:59.96] [04:19.51]Oh thank you goog night too [04:25.39] [04:34.71]Thanks very much good night [04:35.89] [04:46.43]Thank you you are very kind you are very lovely [04:52.54]