Christina The Astonishing Lyrics - Henry's Dream - Nick Cave

Christina the astonishing 

Lived a long time ago 

She was stricken with a seizure 

At the age of twenty-two 

They took her body in a coffin 

To a tiny church in liege 

Where she sprang up from the coffin 

Just after the agnus dei 

She soared up to the rafters 

Perched on a beam up there 

Cried 'the stink of human sin 

Is more that I can bear' 

Christina the astonishing 

Was the most astonishing of all 

She prayed balanced on a hurdle 

Or curled up into a ball 

She fled to remote places 

Climbed towers and trees and walls 

To escape the stench of human corruption 

Into an oven she did crawl 

O christina the astonishing 

Behaved in a terrifying way 

She would run wildly through the streets 

Jump in the meusse and swim away 

O christina the astonishing 

Behaved in terrifying manner 

Died at the age of seventy-four 

In the convent of st anna