The Mercy Seat (2010 Digital Remaster)-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[ti:The Mercy Seat ] [ar:Nick Cave & the bad seeds] [al:] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.02]It began when they come took me from my home [00:05.58]And put me in dead row [00:08.15]Of which i am nearly wholly innocent you know [00:12.65]And i'll say it again [00:14.46]I am not afraid to die [00:14.94] [00:17.43]I began to warm and chill [00:19.49]To objects and their fields [00:21.04] [00:21.80]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:24.12]The face of jesus in my soup [00:26.17] [00:27.06]Those sinister dinner meals [00:28.67] [00:29.37]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:30.98] [00:32.12]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:34.23] [00:34.93]All things either good or ungood [00:36.79] [00:37.31]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:39.43]And i think my head is burning [00:41.42] [00:42.06]And in a way i'm yearning [00:43.74]To be done with all this measuring of truth [00:46.85] [00:47.49]An eye for an eye [00:48.62]A tooth for a tooth [00:49.68]And anyway i told the truth [00:51.54] [00:52.49]And i'm not afraid to die [00:54.48] [00:55.12]Interpret signs and catalogue [00:56.42] [00:58.03]A blackened tooth a scarlet fog [00:59.96] [01:00.53]The walls are bad black bottom kind [01:03.03]They are sick breath at my hind [01:05.16]They are sick breath at my hind [01:07.22]They are sick breath at my hind [01:09.53]They are sick breath gathering at my hind [01:12.27] [01:15.47]I hear stories from the chamber [01:17.20] [01:17.72]How christ was born into a manger [01:20.28]And like some ragged stranger [01:22.22]Died upon the cross [01:23.34]And might i say it seems so fitting in its way [01:27.14] [01:27.84]He was a carpenter by trade [01:29.89] [01:30.78]Or at least that's what i'm told [01:33.41]Like my good hand i [01:35.45] [01:36.16]Tatooed e v i l across it's brother's fist [01:37.72]That filthy five they did nothing to challenge or resist [01:40.64] [01:43.09]In heaven his throne is made of gold [01:45.84]The ark of his testament is stowed [01:48.53]A throne from which i'm told [01:50.34]All history does unfold [01:51.28]Down here it's made of wood and wire [01:53.83] [01:54.59]And my body is on fire [01:56.39] [01:58.20]And god is never far away [02:00.31] [02:00.83]Into the mercy seat i climb [02:03.33]My head is shaved my head is wired [02:05.95]And like a moth that tries [02:07.76]To enter the bright eye [02:09.70]I go shuffling out of life [02:11.88] [02:12.39]Just to hide in death awhile [02:14.89]And anyway i never lied [02:17.69] [02:18.76]My kill-hand is called e v i l [02:20.77]Wears a wedding band that's g o o d [02:22.58]`tis a long-suffering shackle [02:26.08]Collaring all that rebel blood [02:27.81] [02:28.76]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:30.95]And i think my head is burning [02:33.51]And in a way i'm yearning [02:35.95]To be done with all this measuring of truth [02:38.95]An eye for an eye [02:40.33]And a tooth for a tooth [02:41.58]And anyway i told the truth [02:44.02]And i'm not afraid to die [02:46.45]And the mercy seat is burning [02:48.06] [02:48.64]And i think my head is glowing [02:51.14]And in a way i'm hoping [02:52.70]To be done with all this weighing up of truth [02:55.81] [02:56.70]An eye for an eye [02:57.83]And a tooth for a tooth [02:59.20]And i've got nothing left to lose [03:01.38] [03:02.33]And i'm not afraid to die [03:04.45]And the mercy seat is glowing [03:05.95]And i think my head is smoking [03:09.01]And in a way i'm hoping [03:10.45]To be done with all this looks of disbelief [03:13.06] [03:14.14]An eye for an eye [03:15.52]And a tooth for a tooth [03:16.95]And anyway there was no proof [03:18.69] [03:19.64]Nor a motive why [03:21.83]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:23.56] [03:24.08]And i think my head is melting [03:26.00] [03:26.52]And in a way i'm helping [03:28.64]To be done with all this twisted of the truth [03:31.44] [03:32.01]A lie for a lie [03:33.20]And a truth for a truth [03:34.45]And i've got nothing left to lose [03:36.50] [03:37.01]And i'm not afraid to die [03:38.77]And the mercy seat is melting [03:41.83]And i think my blood is boiling [03:44.20]And in a way i'm spoiling [03:45.97] [03:47.05]All the fun with all this truth and consequence [03:50.67]An eye for an eye [03:51.55]And a truth for a truth [03:52.61]And anyway i told the truth [03:54.86]And i'm not afraid to die [03:57.23]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:59.30]And i think my head is burning [04:01.80]And in a way i'm yearning [04:03.17]To be done with all this measuring of proof [04:05.78] [04:07.36]A life for a life [04:08.49]And a truth for a truth [04:09.98]And anyway there was no proof [04:12.61]But i'm not afraid to tell a lie [04:15.05]And the mercy seat is waiting [04:17.23]And i think my head is burning [04:19.55]And in a way i'm yearning [04:21.17]To be done with all this measuring of truth [04:23.72] [04:24.36]An eye for an eye [04:26.11]And a truth for a truth [04:27.80]And anyway i told the truth [04:30.30]But i'm afraid i told a lie