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Nick Cave : Wild God
2024


  1. Wild God
  2. Frogs

Wild God

Once upon a time a wild god zoomed All through his memory in which he was entombed It was rape and pillage in the retirement village But in his mind he was a man of great virtue and courage So he flew out the window with his long trailing hair The smoke from the bodies went straight up in the air He was a wild god searching for what all old wild gods are searching for And he flew through the dying city like a prehistoric bird He went searching for the girl down on Jubilee Street But she'd died in a bedsit in 1993 So he flew to the top of the world and looked around And said where are my people to bring your spirit down? A wild god searching for a faraway girl Who was basically a mirage that nevertheless loomed large She would hang on to the rail as he blew through the room And make love with a kind of efficient gloom And the people on the ground cried when does it start? And the wild god says it starts with the heart, with the heart, with the heart And the people on the ground cried when does it end? The wild god says well it depends, but mostly never ends 'Cause I'm a wild god flying and a wild god swimming And an old sick god dying and crying and singing Bring your spirit down Oh, we're wild gods, baby, we're wild gods Yeah, bring your spirit down Well, he's moving through the flames of anarchy He's moving through the winds of tyranny And the sweet, sweet tears of liberty Yeah, moving round the world He's moving through your body like a prehistoric bird He's moving round the world O Lord, if you're feeling lonely and if you're feeling blue And you just don't know what to do Bring your spirit down Oh we're wild gods, baby, we're wild gods I'm a wild god, baby, I'm a wild god! Here we go! We're going to the cradle of Africa We're going to Russia We're going to China To the United States of America! Yeah, moving around the world Yeah, moving like a great, big, beautiful bird Moving around the world Yeah, he swims to end of the rotting pier He swims to end of his rotting ideas Swim to the hymn and swim to the prayer And bring your spirit down I'm a wild god, baby, I'm a wild god Here we go! Yeah, here we go!


Frogs

Ushering in the week he knelt down Crushed his brother's head in with a bone It's my great privilege Oh babe, to walk you home In the Sunday rain Hop inside my coat In the Sunday rain The frogs are jumping in the gutters Uh, leaping to God, amazed of love And amazed of pain Amazed to be back in the water again In the Sunday rain In the Sunday rain Gets you right down to your soul Oh Lord, oh Lord The children in the heavens Jumping for joy, jumping for love And opening the sky above So, take that gun out of your hand 'Cause all will be well say the bells It's Sunday morning and I'm holding your hand Amazed of love and amazed of pain Amazed to be back in the water Back in the water again Take that gun out of your hand In the Sunday rain Frog-marching you home, babe Home to bed, yeah, in the Sunday rain Take that gun out of your hand Lord, kill me! In the Sunday rain Kill me! Kill me! In the Sunday rain Hop inside my coat It's Sunday morning and I'm holding your hand Frog-marching us home to a bed made of tears Kris Kristofferson walks by, kicking a can In a shirt he hasn't washed for years Hop inside my coat Hop inside my coat