Abattoir Blues Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

The sun is high up in the sky and I'm in my car 

Drifting down into the abattoir 

Do you see what I see, dear? 

The air grows heavy, I listen to your breath 

Entwined together in this culture of death 

Do you see what I see, dear? 

Slide on over here, let me give you a squeeze 

To avert this unholy evolutionary trajectory 

Can you hear what I hear, babe? 

Does it make you feel afraid? 

Every thing's dissolving, babe, but just according to plan 

(Oh, yeah) 

The sky is on fire, the dead are heaped across the land 

(Oh, yeah) 

I went to bed last night and my moral code got jammed 

(Oh, yeah) 

I woke up this morning with a Frappucino in my hand 

(Oh, yeah) 

I kissed you once, I kissed you again 

My heart it tumbled like the stock exchange 

Do you feel what I feel, dear? 

Mass extinction, darling, hypocrisy 

These things are not good for me 

Do you see what I see, dear? 

The line that God throws down to you and me 

Makes a pleasing geometry 

Shall we leave this place now, dear? 

Is there someway out of here? 

I wake with the sparrows and I hurry off to work 

(Oh, yeah) 

The need for validation, babe, gone completely berserk 

(Oh, yeah) 

I wanted to be your Superman, but I turned out such a jerk 

I got the abattoir blues 

I got the abattoir blues 

I got the abattoir blues 

Right down to my shoes 

Abattoir blues 

Down to my shoes 

Abattoir blues 

Abattoir blues 

Abattoir blues 

Abattoir blues 

Abattoir blues