Nick Cave《The Mercy Seat》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.06]It began when they come took me from my home [00:08.97]And put me in Dead Row [00:09.48]Of which I am nearly wholly innocent you know [00:24.03]And I'll say it again [00:26.76]I am not afraid to die [00:27.36]I began to warm and chill [00:30.57]To objects and their fields [00:33.33]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:36.30]The face of Jesus in my soup [00:39.66]Those sinister dinner deals [00:42.81]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:45.99]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:49.17]All things either good or ungood [00:52.14]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:55.08]And I think my head is burning [00:57.81]And in a way I'm yearning [01:00.30]To be done with all this measuring of proof [01:04.56]An eye for an eye [01:05.94]A tooth for a tooth [01:07.47]And anyway I told the truth [01:10.74]And I'm not afraid to die [01:19.74]Interpret signs and catalogue [01:22.86]A blackened tooth a scarlet fog [01:25.77]The walls are bad Black Bottom kind [01:29.07]They are sick breath at my hind [01:32.16]They are sick breath at my hind [01:35.22]They are sick breath at my hind [01:38.22]They are sick breath gathering at my hind [01:44.34]I hear stories from the chamber [01:47.07]How Christ was born into a manger [01:50.28]And like some ragged stranger [01:52.53]Died upon the cross [01:54.48]And might I say it seems so fitting in its way [01:59.19]He was a carpenter by trade [02:02.61]Or at least that's what I'm told [02:11.25]Like my good hand [02:12.24]Tattooed E V I L across it's brother's fist [02:17.22]That filthy five They did nothing to challenge or resist [02:23.07]In Heaven His throne is made of gold [02:26.16]The ark of his Testament is stowed [02:29.04]A throne from which I'm told [02:30.93]All history does unfold [02:33.00]Down here it's made of wood and wire [02:36.30]And my body is on fire [02:40.11]And God is never far away [02:42.87]Into the mercy seat I climb [02:45.63]My head is shaved my head is wired [02:48.21]And like a moth that tries [02:50.25]To enter the bright eye [02:52.38]So I go shuffling out of life [02:55.17]Just to hide in death awhile [02:58.80]And anyway I never lied [03:01.47]My kill-hand is called E V I L [03:02.01]Wears a wedding band that's G O O D [03:03.06]'Tis a long-suffering shackle [03:03.36]Collaring all that devil blood [03:04.26]And the mercy seat is a-burning [03:05.10]And I think my head is flowing [03:06.09]And in a way I'm hoping [03:06.90]To be done with all this weighing up of truth [03:08.19]An eye for an eye [03:08.58]And a tooth for a tooth [03:09.48]And I've got nothing left to lose [03:10.59]And I'm not afraid to die [03:12.15]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:14.70]And I think my head is burning [03:16.98]And in a way I'm yearning [03:19.08]To be done with all this measuring of proof [03:21.21]An eye for an eye [03:21.54]And a tooth for a tooth [03:22.14]And anyway there was no proof [03:22.80]And nor a motive why [03:23.40]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:24.21]And I think my head is burning [03:24.87]And in a way I'm yearning [03:25.62]To be done with all this measuring of proof [03:26.82]A life for a life [03:27.30]And a tooth for a tooth [03:28.02]And anyway there was no proof [03:28.83]And I'm not afraid to die [03:30.36]Now the mercy seat is waiting [03:32.94]And I think my head is smoking [03:35.07]And in a way I'm hoping [03:37.17]To be done with all these looks of disbelief [03:40.86]A eye for an eye [03:41.94]And a tooth for a tooth [03:43.44]And anyway I told the truth [03:46.02]And I'm not afraid to die [03:48.51]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:50.07]And I think my head is burning [03:50.85]And in a way I'm yearning [03:51.42]To be done with all this measuring of proof [03:52.35]An eye for an eye [03:52.86]And a tooth for a tooth [03:53.43]And anyway I told the truth [03:54.36]And I'm not afraid to die [03:54.99]And the mercy seat is waiting [03:55.62]And I think my head is burning [03:56.61]And in a way I'm yearning [03:57.12]To be done with all this measuring of proof [03:58.92]A eye for a eye [03:59.70]And a tooth for a tooth [04:01.14]And anyway I told the truth [04:03.66]But I'm not afraid to lie [04:04.83]And the mercy seat is waiting [04:05.46]And I think my head is burning [04:26.31]And in a way I'm yearning [04:28.08]To be done with all this measuring of proof [04:29.37]An eye for an eye [04:38.55]And a tooth for a tooth [04:39.03]And anyway I told the truth [04:39.66]But I'm afraid I told a lie