《The Mercy Seat(Live from KCRW)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Mercy Seat (Live from KCRW) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

[00:00:17] I began to warm and chill

[00:00:21] To objects and their fields

[00:00:25] A ragged cup a twisted mop

[00:00:29] The face of Jesus in my soup

[00:00:33] Those sinister dinner meals

[00:00:37] The meal trolley's wicked wheels

[00:00:41] A hooked bone rising from my food

[00:00:45] All things either good or ungood

[00:00:49] And the mercy seat is waiting

[00:00:53] And I think my head is burning

[00:00:57] And in a way I'm yearning

[00:00:59] To be done with all this measuring of truth

[00:01:05] An eye for an eye

[00:01:06] A tooth for a tooth

[00:01:08] And anyway I told the truth

[00:01:13] And I'm not afraid to die

[00:01:32] Interpret signs and catalogue

[00:01:36] A blackened tooth a scarlet fog

[00:01:40] The walls are bad black bottom kind

[00:01:44] They are sick breath at my hind

[00:01:48] I hear stories from the chamber

[00:01:52] How Christ was born into a manger

[00:01:55] And like some ragged stranger

[00:01:58] Died upon the cross

[00:02:01] And might I say it seems so fitting in its way

[00:02:06] He was a carpenter by trade

[00:02:11] Or at least that's what I'm told

[00:02:22] Like my good hand I tatooed EVIL across

[00:02:27] It's brother's fist

[00:02:30] That filthy five

[00:02:32] They did nothing to challenge or resist

[00:02:38] In Heaven His throne is made of gold

[00:02:41] The ark of his Testament is stowed

[00:02:45] A throne from which I'm told

[00:02:48] All history does unfold

[00:02:51] Down here it's made of wood and wire

[00:02:55] And my body is on fire

[00:03:01] And God is never far away

[00:03:05] My kill-hand is called EVIL

[00:03:09] Wears a wedding band that's GOOD

[00:03:12] This a long suffering shackle

[00:03:16] Collaring all that rebel blood

[00:03:20] And the mercy seat is burning

[00:03:24] And I think my head is glowing

[00:03:27] And in a way I'm hoping

[00:03:30] To be done with all this weighing up of truth

[00:03:35] An eye for an eye

[00:03:37] And a tooth for a tooth

[00:03:39] And I've got nothing left to lose

[00:03:43] And I'm not afraid to die

[00:03:46] And the mercy seat is burning

[00:03:50] And I think my head is glowing

[00:03:53] And in a way I'm hoping

[00:03:56] To be done with all this twisted of the truth

[00:04:01] An eye for an eye

[00:04:03] And a tooth for a tooth

[00:04:05] And I've got nothing left to lose

[00:04:08] And I'm not afraid to die

[00:04:12] And the mercy seat is smoking

[00:04:15] And I think my head is boiling

[00:04:19] And in a way I'm spoiling

[00:04:21] All the fun with all this truth and consequence

[00:04:27] An eye for an eye

[00:04:29] And a truth for a truth

[00:04:31] And anyway I told the truth

[00:04:35] But I'm afraid I told a lie