Nick Cave、The Bad Seeds《The Mercy Seat》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:03.05]It began when they come took me from my home [00:05.61]And put me in dead row [00:08.17]Of which i am nearly wholly innocent  you know [00:12.67]And i'll say it again [00:14.48]I  am  not  afraid  to  die [00:17.46]I began to warm and chill [00:19.52]To objects and their fields [00:21.83]A ragged cup  a twisted mop [00:24.14]The face of jesus in my soup [00:27.08]Those sinister dinner meals [00:29.39]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:32.14]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:34.96]All things either good or ungood [00:37.33]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:39.45]And i think my head is burning [00:42.08]And in a way i'm yearning [00:43.77]To be done with all this measuring of truth [00:47.52]An eye for an eye [00:48.64]A tooth for a tooth [00:49.70]And anyway i told the truth [00:52.52]And i'm not afraid to die [00:55.14]Interpret signs and catalogue [00:58.05]A blackened tooth  a scarlet fog [01:00.56]The walls are bad  black  bottom kind [01:03.05]They are sick breath at my hind [01:05.18]They are sick breath at my hind [01:07.24]They are sick breath at my hind [01:09.56]They are sick breath gathering at my hind [01:15.49]I hear stories from the chamber [01:17.74]How christ was born into a manger [01:20.30]And like some ragged stranger [01:22.24]Died upon the cross [01:23.37]And might i say it seems so fitting in its way [01:27.87]He was a carpenter by trade [01:30.81]Or at least that's what i'm told [01:33.43]Like my good hand i [01:36.18]Tatooed e v i l  across it's brother's fist [01:37.74]That filthy five  they did nothing to challenge or resist [01:43.12]In heaven his throne is made of gold [01:45.87]The ark of his testament is stowed [01:48.56]A throne from which i'm told [01:50.37]All history does unfold [01:51.30]Down here it's made of wood and wire [01:54.62]And my body is on fire [01:58.23]And god is never far away [02:00.85]Into the mercy seat i climb [02:03.35]My head is shaved  my head is wired [02:05.98]And like a moth that tries [02:07.79]To enter the bright eye [02:09.73]I go shuffling out of life [02:12.41]Just to hide in death awhile [02:14.91]And anyway i never lied [02:18.79]My kill-hand is called e v i l [02:20.79]Wears a wedding band that's g o o d [02:22.60]`tis a long-suffering shackle [02:26.10]Collaring all that rebel blood [02:28.79]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:30.98]And i think my head is burning [02:33.54]And in a way i'm yearning [02:35.98]To be done with all this measuring of truth [02:38.98]An eye for an eye [02:40.35]And a tooth for a tooth [02:41.60]And anyway i told the truth [02:44.04]And i'm not afraid to die [02:46.48]And the mercy seat is burning [02:48.66]And i think my head is glowing [02:51.17]And in a way i'm hoping [02:52.73]To be done with all this weighing up of truth [02:56.73]An eye for an eye [02:57.85]And a tooth for a tooth [02:59.23]And i've got nothing left to lose [03:02.35]And i'm not afraid to die [03:04.48]And the mercy seat is glowing [03:05.98]And i think my head is smoking [03:09.04]And in a way i'm hoping [03:10.48]To be done with all this looks of disbelief [03:14.16]An eye for an eye [03:15.54]And a tooth for a tooth [03:16.98]And anyway there was no proof [03:19.67]Nor a motive why [03:21.85]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:24.10]And i think my head is melting [03:26.54]And in a way i'm helping [03:28.66]To be done with all this twisted of the truth [03:32.04]A lie for a lie [03:33.23]And a truth for a truth [03:34.48]And i've got nothing left to lose [03:37.04]And i'm not afraid to die [03:38.79]And the mercy seat is melting [03:41.85]And i think my blood is boiling [03:44.23]And in a way i'm spoiling [03:47.07]All the fun with all this truth and consequence [03:50.70]An eye for an eye [03:51.57]And a truth for a truth [03:52.63]And anyway i told the truth [03:54.88]And i'm not afraid to die [03:57.26]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:59.32]And i think my head is burning [04:01.82]And in a way i'm yearning [04:03.20]To be done with all this measuring of proof [04:07.39]A life for a life [04:08.51]And a truth for a truth [04:10.01]And anyway there was no proof [04:12.63]But i'm not afraid to tell a lie [04:15.07]And the mercy seat is waiting [04:17.26]And i think my head is burning [04:19.57]And in a way i'm yearning [04:21.20]To be done with all this measuring of truth [04:24.38]An eye for an eye [04:26.13]And a truth for a truth [04:27.82]And anyway i told the truth [04:30.32]But i'm afraid i told a lie