tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post4906669571957173940..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Kanye West's Roses (Commonplace Book)Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-76200805678744050962007-11-21T17:36:00.000-05:002007-11-21T17:36:00.000-05:00Because we're on the topic, I'd like to introduce ...Because we're on the topic, I'd like to introduce the greatest lyricist in rock and/or roll music today:<BR/><BR/>The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<BR/><BR/>It began when they come took me from my home<BR/>And put me on Dead Row<BR/>Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know<BR/>And I'll say it again<BR/>I am not afraid to die<BR/><BR/>I began to warm and chill<BR/>To objects and their fields<BR/>A ragged cup, a twisted mop<BR/>The face of Jesus in my soup<BR/>Those sinister dinner meals<BR/>The meal trolley's wicked wheels<BR/>A hooked bone rising from my food<BR/>All things either good or ungood<BR/><BR/>And the mercy seat is waiting<BR/>And I think my head is burning<BR/>And in a way I'm yearning<BR/>To be done with all this measuring of truth<BR/>An eye for an eye<BR/>A tooth for a tooth<BR/>And anyway I told the truth<BR/>And I'm not afraid to die<BR/><BR/>Interpret signs and catalogue<BR/>A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog<BR/>The walls are bad, black, bottom kind<BR/>They are sick breath at my hind<BR/>They are sick breath at my hind<BR/>They are sick breath at my hind<BR/>They are sick breath gathering at my hind<BR/><BR/>I hear stories from the chamber<BR/>How Christ was born into a manger<BR/>And like some ragged stranger<BR/>Died upon the cross<BR/>And might I say it seems so fitting in its way<BR/>He was a carpenter by trade<BR/>Or at least that's what I'm told<BR/><BR/>Like my good hand I tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist<BR/>That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist<BR/><BR/>In Heaven His throne is made of gold<BR/>The ark of his Testament is stowed<BR/>A throne from which I'm told<BR/>All history does unfold<BR/>Down here it's made of wood and wire<BR/>And my body is on fire<BR/>And God is never far away<BR/><BR/>Into the mercy seat I climb<BR/>My head is shaved, my head is wired<BR/>And like a moth that tries<BR/>To enter the bright eye<BR/>So I go shuffling out of life<BR/>Just to hide in death awhile<BR/>And anyway I never lied<BR/><BR/>My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.<BR/>Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.<BR/>Tis a long-suffering shackle<BR/>Collaring all that rebel blood<BR/><BR/>And the mercy seat is burning<BR/>And I think my head is glowing<BR/>And in a way I'm hoping<BR/>To be done with all this weighing up of truth<BR/>An eye for an eye<BR/>And a tooth for a tooth<BR/>And I've got nothing left to lose<BR/>And I'm not afraid to die<BR/><BR/>And the mercy seat is waiting<BR/>And I think my head is burning<BR/>And in a way I'm yearning<BR/>To be done with all this measuring of truth<BR/>An eye for an eye<BR/>And a tooth for a tooth<BR/>And anyway there was no proof<BR/>Nor a motive why<BR/><BR/>And the mercy seat is glowing<BR/>And I think my head is smoking<BR/>And in a way I'm hoping<BR/>To be done with all this looks of disbelief<BR/>An eye for an eye<BR/>And a tooth for a tooth<BR/>And anyway there was no proof<BR/>Nor a motive why<BR/><BR/>And the mercy seat is smoking<BR/>And I think my head is melting<BR/>And in a way I'm helping<BR/>To be done with all this twisted of the truth<BR/>A lie for a lie<BR/>And a truth for a truth<BR/>And I've got nothing left to lose<BR/>And I'm not afraid to die<BR/><BR/>You have to hear him sing it for the full effect:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPhUQUDe_jw&eurl=http://www.google.com/search?q=The+Mercy+Seat&client=netscape-pp&rls=com.netscape:en-USPatrick Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410343584813208100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-1772319719088246682007-11-20T23:05:00.000-05:002007-11-20T23:05:00.000-05:00Nicely put.Nicely put.Darius Kazemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646249933207430061noreply@blogger.com