Messiah Ward Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

I hope you're sittin' comfortably 

I saved you the best seat in the house 

Right up in the front row 

Well, the stars have been torn down 

And the moon is locked away 

The land is banked in frozen snow 

You are a forte nature, dear 

And your breath curls from your lips 

And the trees bend down their branches 

Touch you with their fingertips 

They're bringin' out the dead, now 

It's easy well just to look away 

They are bringin' out the dead now 

It's been a strange, strange day 

We could navigate out position by the stars 

Ya but they've taken out the stars 

Well, the stars have all gone 

And I'm glad, you've come along 

We could comprehend our condition by the moon 

Oh but they've ordered the moon not to shine 

Still, I 'm glad you've come along 

I was worried out of my mind 

'Cause, they keep bringin' out the dead, now 

And it's easy just to look away 

They're bringin' out the dead 

And it's been a long, strange day 

You can move up a little closer 

I will throw a blanket over 

We can weigh all the tears up in one hand 

Against the laughter in the other 

We could be hangin' around for centuries 

Tryin' to make sense of this, my dear 

While the planets try to get organized 

Way above the stratosphere 

But they bringin' out the dead, now 

And it's easy if we just walk away 

'Cause they keep bringin' out the dead, now 

And it's been a long, long day 

Look away 

Look away 

Look away 

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