[lit-ideas] Re: Happy New Chair
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:30:19 +0000 (GMT)
There's also a version by Johnny Cash that sounds like it was written for him.
Donal
On Monday, 30 December 2013, 17:33, Mike Geary <gearyservice@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for sending that Torgeir. I'm an enthusiastic fan of Nick Cave, but
I've never heard this song. Must get it soon. Thanks again.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Torgeir Fjeld <torgeir_fjeld@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Marking the new year, lend an ear to Cave, the Nick'ed and the word that was
heard when he'd resuscitate and recreate
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>__The Mercy Seat__
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>Interpret signs and catalogue
>A blackened tooth
>A scarlet fog
>The walls are bad, black, bottom kind
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>They are the sick breath gathering at my hind
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>I hear stories from the chamber
>Christ was born into a manger
>And like some ragged stranger
>Died upon the cross
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>Down here
>It's made of a wood and wire
>And my body is on fire
>And God is never far away
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>Into the mercy seat I climb
>My head is shaved, my head is wired
>Like a moth that tries
>To enter the bright eye
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>And the mercy seat is a burning
>And I think my head is glowing
>In a way I'm hoping
>To be done with all this weighing up of truth
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>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
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>And the mercy seat is awaiting
>And I think my head is burning
>In a way I'm yearning
>To be done with all this measuring of proof
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>A lie for a lie
>And a truth for a truth
>And anyway there was no proof
>And I'm not afraid to die
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>And the mercy seat is awaiting
>And I think my head is smoking
>And in a way I'm hoping
>To be done with all this looks of disbelief
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>An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
>And anyway I've told the truth and I'm not afraid to die
>And the mercy seat is awaiting and I think my head is burning
>And in a way I'm yearning to be done with all this measuring of proof
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>"The Mercy Seat" is a song written by Nick Cave (lyrics and music) and Mick
>Harvey (music), originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1988.
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>Lyrics in full:
>http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-mercy-seat-lyrics-nick-cave-the-bad-seed.html
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>Performance:
>www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahr4KFl79WI
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>Mvh / Yours,
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>Torgeir Fjeld
>Gdansk, Poland
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>Blogs: http://phatic.blogspot.com // http://norsketegn.blogspot.com
>Web: http://independent.academia.edu/TorgeirFjeld
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