The Mercy Seat (Live) - Nick Cave.mp3

[00:01.32]Nick Cave
[00:01.53]Miscellaneous
[00:01.83]The Mercy Seat
[00:02.46]It began when they come took me from my home
[00:12.60]And put me in Dead Row,
[00:13.14]Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know.
[00:14.10]And I'll say it again
[00:14.52]I..am..not..afraid..to..die.
[00:15.00]I began to warm and chill
[00:16.74]To objects and their fields,
[00:19.80]A ragged cup, a twisted mop
[00:23.31]The face of Jesus in my soup
[00:27.18]Those sinister dinner meals
[00:31.14]The meal trolley's wicked wheels
[00:34.77]A hooked bone rising from my food
[00:38.37]All things either good or ungood.
[00:41.73]And the mercy seat is waiting
[00:44.88]And I think my head is burning
[00:47.58]And in a way I'm yearning
[00:49.32]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[00:55.38]An eye for an eye
[00:57.06]A tooth for a tooth
[00:59.22]And anyway I told the truth
[01:03.03]And I'm not afraid to die.
[01:20.10]Interpret signs and catalogue
[01:24.09]A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
[01:27.42]The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.
[01:30.96]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:34.83]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:38.19]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:41.67]They are sick breath gathering at my hind
[01:48.18]I hear stories from the chamber
[01:51.06]How Christ was born into a manger
[01:54.27]And like some ragged stranger
[01:57.57]Died upon the cross
[01:59.49]And might I say it seems so fitting in its way
[02:04.92]He was a carpenter by trade
[02:08.22]Or at least that's what I'm told
[02:10.29]Like my good hand I
[02:18.75]tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
[02:24.06]That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist.
[02:30.96]In Heaven His throne is made of gold
[02:34.23]The ark of his Testament is stowed
[02:36.42]A throne from which I'm told
[02:39.99]All history does unfold.
[02:42.09]Down here it's made of wood and wire
[02:45.42]And my body is on fire
[02:49.95]And God is never far away.
[02:52.80]Into the mercy seat I climb
[02:55.80]My head is shaved, my head is wired
[02:58.89]And like a moth that tries
[03:02.04]To enter the bright eye
[03:04.14]I go shuffling out of life
[03:07.02]Just to hide in death awhile
[03:12.06]And anyway I never lied.
[03:15.36]My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
[03:18.93]Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.
[03:20.79]`Tis a long-suffering shackle
[03:25.50]Collaring all that rebel blood.
[03:29.58]And the mercy seat is waiting
[03:31.80]And I think my head is burning
[03:33.33]And in a way I'm yearning
[03:33.96]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[03:34.83]An eye for an eye
[03:35.10]And a tooth for a tooth
[03:35.61]And anyway I told the truth
[03:36.33]And I'm not afraid to die.
[03:37.23]And the mercy seat is burning
[03:37.86]And I think my head is glowing
[03:38.58]And in a way I'm hoping
[03:39.06]To be done with all this weighing up of truth.
[03:41.31]An eye for an eye
[03:42.69]And a tooth for a tooth
[03:44.28]And I've got nothing left to lose
[03:44.94]And I'm not afraid to die.
[03:50.16]And the mercy seat is glowing
[03:53.07]And I think my head is smoking
[03:54.42]And in a way I'm hoping
[03:54.93]To be done with all this looks of disbelief.
[03:56.13]An eye for an eye
[03:56.85]And a tooth for a tooth
[03:57.51]And anyway there was no proof
[03:58.29]Nor a motive why.
[03:58.74]And the mercy seat is smoking
[03:59.37]And I think my head is melting
[04:00.00]And in a way I'm helping
[04:00.51]To be done with all this twisted of the truth.
[04:02.28]A lie for a lie
[04:03.63]And a truth for a truth
[04:05.16]And I've got nothing left to lose
[04:05.82]And I'm not afraid to die.
[04:10.77]And the mercy seat is melting
[04:13.71]And I think my blood is boiling
[04:16.68]And in a way I'm spoiling
[04:20.97]All the fun with all this truth and consequence.
[04:23.19]An eye for an eye
[04:24.15]And a truth for a truth
[04:26.16]And anyway I told the truth
[04:28.98]And I'm not afraid to die.
[04:31.29]And the mercy seat is waiting
[04:34.14]And I think my head is burning
[04:36.42]And in a way I'm yearning
[04:37.95]To be done with all this measuring of proof.
[04:38.79]A life for a life
[04:44.82]And a truth for a truth
[04:47.19]And anyway there was no proof
[04:50.70]But I'm not afraid to tell a lie.
[04:55.23]And the mercy seat is waiting
[04:55.83]And I think my head is burning
[04:56.46]And in a way I'm yearning
[04:57.15]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[04:57.99]An eye for an eye
[04:58.41]And a truth for a truth
[04:59.01]And anyway I told the truth
[04:59.64]But I'm afraid I told a lie.