__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Tender Prey (1988)
The Mercy Seat (video mix)
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________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.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds studio albums
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From Her to Eternity (1984)
1. Avalanche (5:13) • 2. Cabin Fever! (6:11) • 3. Well of Misery (5:25) • 4. From Her to Eternity (5:33) • 5. In the Ghetto (4:06)
6. The Moon is in the Gutter (2:36) • 7. Saint Huck (7:22) • 8. Wings off Flies (4:06) • 9. A Box for Black Paul (9:42)
10. From Her to Eternity (4:35)
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The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
1. Tupelo (7:17) • 2. Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree (5:10) • 3. Train Long-Suffering (3:49) • 4. Black Crow King (5:05)
5. Knockin' on Joe (7:38) • 6. Wanted Man (5:27) • 7. Blind Lemon Jefferson (6:10) • 8. The Six Strings That Drew Blood (4:50)
9. Tupelo (5:01)
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Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
1. Muddy Water (5:15) • 2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:44) • 3. Sleeping Annaleah (3:18) • 4. Long Black Veil (3:46)
5. Hey Joe (3:56) • 6. The Singer (a.k.a. The Folksinger) (3:09) • 7. Black Betty (2:33) • 8. Running Scared (2:07)
9. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:52) • 10. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (3:39) • 11. The Hammer Song (3:50)
12. Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (3:44) • 13. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (2:00) • 14. The Carnival Is Over (3:16)
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Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)
1. Sad Waters (5:00) • 2. The Carny (8:01) • 3. Your Funeral, My Trial (3:56) • 4. Stranger Than Kindness (4:47)
5. Jack's Shadow (5:41) • 6. Hard On for Love (5:19) • 7. She Fell Away (4:30) • 8. Long Time Man (5:35) • 9. Scum (5:35)
5. Jack's Shadow (5:41) • 6. Hard On for Love (5:19) • 7. She Fell Away (4:30) • 8. Long Time Man (5:35) • 9. Scum (5:35)
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Tender Prey (1988)
1. The Mercy Seat (7:17) • 2. Up Jumped the Devil (5:16) • 3. Deanna (3:45) • 4. Watching Alice (4:01) • 5. Mercy (6:22)
6. City of Refuge (4:48) • 7. Slowly Goes the Night (5:23) • 8. Sunday's Slave (3:40) • 9. Sugar Sugar Sugar (5:01)
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The Good Son (1990)
1. Foi Na Cruz (5:39) • 2. The Good Son (6:01) • 3. Sorrow's Child (4:36) • 4. The Weeping Song (4:21) • 5. The Ship Song (5:14)
6. The Hammer Song (4:16) • 7. Lament (4:51) • 8. The Witness Song (5:57) • 9. Lucy (4:17) • X. The Train Song (4:17)
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Henry's Dream (1992)
1. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (5:54) • 2. I Had a Dream, Joe (3:43) • 3. Straight to You (4:35) • 4. Brother, My Cup Is Empty (3:02)
5. Christina the Astonishing (4:51) • 6. When I First Came to Town (5:22) • 7. John Finn's Wife (5:13)
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Let Love In (1994)
1. Do You Love Me? (5:56) • 2. Nobody's Baby Now (3:52) • 3. Loverman (6:21) • 4. Jangling Jack (2:47)
5. Red Right Hand (6:10) • 6. I Let Love In (4:14) • 7. Thirsty Dog (3:48) • 8. Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore (3:46)
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Murder Ballads (1996)
5. Where the Wild Roses Grow (3:57) • 6. The Curse of Millhaven (6:55) • 7. The Kindness of Strangers (4:39)
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The Boatman's Call (1997)
1. Into My Arms (4:15) • 2. Lime Tree Arbour (2:56) • 3. People Ain't No Good (5:42) • 4. Brompton Oratory (4:06)
5. There Is a Kingdom (4:52) • 6. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? (4:05) • 7. Where Do We Go Now but Nowhere? (5:46)
8. West Country Girl (2:45) • 9. Black Hair (4:14) • 10. Idiot Prayer (4:21) • 11. Far from Me (5:33)
12. Green Eyes (3:32)
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No More Shall We Part (2001)
1. As I Sat Sadly by Her Side (6:15) • 2. And No More Shall We Part (4:00) • 3. Hallelujah (7:48) • 4. Love Letter (4:08)
11. Gates to the Garden (4:09) • 12. Darker with the Day (6:07) • Grief Came Riding (5:06) • Bless His Ever Loving Heart (5:06)
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Nocturama (2003)
Nocturama (2003)
1. Wonderful Life (6:49) • 2. He Wants You (3:30) • 3. Right Out of Your Hand (5:15) • 4. Bring It On (5:22)
5. Dead Man in My Bed (4:40) • 6. Still in Love (4:44) • 7. There Is a Town (4:58) • 8. Rock of Gibraltar (3:00)
9. She Passed by My Window (3:20) • 10. Babe, I'm on Fire (14:45)
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Disc one: Abattoir Blues
1. Get Ready for Love (5:05) • 2. Cannibal's Hymn (4:54) • 3. Hiding All Away (6:31) • 4. Messiah Ward (5:14)
5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World (5:17) • 6. Nature Boy (4:54) • 7. Abattoir Blues (3:58) • 8. Let the Bells Ring (4:26)
9. Fable of the Brown Ape (2:45)
9. Fable of the Brown Ape (2:45)
Disc two: The Lyre of Orpheus
1. The Lyre of Orpheus (5:36) • 2. Breathless (3:13) • 3. Babe, You Turn Me On (4:21) • 4. Easy Money (6:43)
5. Supernaturally (4:37) • 6. Spell (4:25) • 7. Carry Me (3:37) • 8. O Children (6:51)
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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (4:10) • 2. Today's Lesson (4:41) • 3. Moonland (3:53) • 4. Night of the Lotus Eaters (4:53)
5. Albert Goes West (3:32) • 6. We Call Upon the Author (5:12) • 7. Hold on to Yourself (5:51) • 8. Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl) (4:58)
9. Jesus of the Moon (3:22) • 10. Midnight Man (5:07) • 11. More News from Nowhere (7:58)
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Push the Sky Away (2013)
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1. We No Who U R (4:04) • 2. Wide Lovely Eyes (3:40) • 3. Water's Edge (3:49) • 4. Jubilee Street (6:35) • 5. Mermaids (3:49)
6. We Real Cool (4:18) • 7. Finishing Jubilee Street (4:28) • 8. Higgs Boson Blues (7:50)
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