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

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:17.58]I began to warm and chill [00:21.80]To objects and their fields [00:25.40]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:29.44]The face of Jesus in my soup [00:33.45]Those sinister dinner meals [00:37.99]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:41.98]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:45.84]All things either good or ungood [00:49.43]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:53.32]And I think my head is burning [00:57.05]And in a way I'm yearning [00:59.28]To be done with all this measuring of truth [01:05.13]An eye for an eye [01:06.68]A tooth for a tooth [01:08.75]And anyway I told the truth [01:13.42]And I'm not afraid to die [01:32.69]Interpret signs and catalogue [01:36.97]A blackened tooth a scarlet fog [01:40.70]The walls are bad black bottom kind [01:44.67]They are sick breath at my hind [01:48.58]I hear stories from the chamber [01:52.03]How Christ was born into a manger [01:55.81]And like some ragged stranger [01:58.70]Died upon the cross [02:01.61]And might I say it seems so fitting in its way [02:06.97]He was a carpenter by trade [02:11.78]Or at least that's what I'm told [02:22.87]Like my good hand I tatooed EVIL across [02:27.56]It's brother's fist [02:30.66]That filthy five [02:32.39]They did nothing to challenge or resist [02:38.44]In Heaven His throne is made of gold [02:41.99]The ark of his Testament is stowed [02:45.74]A throne from which I'm told [02:48.45]All history does unfold [02:51.32]Down here it's made of wood and wire [02:55.33]And my body is on fire [03:01.42]And God is never far away [03:05.24]My kill-hand is called EVIL [03:09.15]Wears a wedding band that's GOOD [03:12.74]This a long suffering shackle [03:16.97]Collaring all that rebel blood [03:20.49]And the mercy seat is burning [03:24.02]And I think my head is glowing [03:27.95]And in a way I'm hoping [03:30.17]To be done with all this weighing up of truth [03:35.84]An eye for an eye [03:37.67]And a tooth for a tooth [03:39.59]And I've got nothing left to lose [03:43.24]And I'm not afraid to die [03:46.66]And the mercy seat is burning [03:50.22]And I think my head is glowing [03:53.99]And in a way I'm hoping [03:56.67]To be done with all this twisted of the truth [04:01.69]An eye for an eye [04:03.39]And a tooth for a tooth [04:05.41]And I've got nothing left to lose [04:08.87]And I'm not afraid to die [04:12.29]And the mercy seat is smoking [04:15.99]And I think my head is boiling [04:19.78]And in a way I'm spoiling [04:21.67]All the fun with all this truth and consequence [04:27.49]An eye for an eye [04:29.32]And a truth for a truth [04:31.75]And anyway I told the truth [04:35.70]But I'm afraid I told a lie