The Mercy Seat-Nick Cave/The Bad Seeds

[ti:The Mercy Seat ] [ar:Nick Cave & the bad seeds] [al:] [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. [00:17.43]I began to warm and chill [00:19.49]To objects and their fields, [00:21.80]A ragged cup, a twisted mop [00:24.12]The face of jesus in my soup [00:27.06]Those sinister dinner meals [00:29.37]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:32.12]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:34.93]All things either good or ungood. [00:37.31]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:39.43]And i think my head is burning [00:42.06]And in a way i'm yearning [00:43.74]To be done with all this measuring of truth. [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 [00:52.49]And i'm not afraid to die. [00:55.12]Interpret signs and catalogue [00:58.03]A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog. [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 [01:15.47]I hear stories from the chamber [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 [01:27.84]He was a carpenter by trade [01:30.78]Or at least that's what i'm told [01:33.41]Like my good hand i [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. [01:43.09]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 [01:54.59]And my body is on fire [01:58.20]And god is never far away. [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 [02:12.39]Just to hide in death awhile [02:14.89]And anyway i never lied. [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. [02:28.76]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 [02:48.64]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. [02:56.70]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 [03:02.33]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. [03:14.14]An eye for an eye [03:15.52]And a tooth for a tooth [03:16.95]And anyway there was no proof [03:19.64]Nor a motive why. [03:21.83]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:24.08]And i think my head is melting [03:26.52]And in a way i'm helping [03:28.64]To be done with all this twisted of the truth. [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 [03:37.01]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 [03:47.05]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. [04:07.36]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. [04:24.36]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.