Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog The walls are bad Black, bottom kind They are the sick breath at my hind They are the sick breath at my hind They are the sick breath at my hind They are the sick breath gathering at my hind I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger Died upon the cross And might I say it seems so fitting in its way He was a carpenter by trade Or at least that's what I'm told I tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five They did nothing to challenge or resist In Heaven His throne is made of gold The ark of his Testament is stowed A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold Down here it's made of wood and wire And my body is on fire Letras de cancionesAnd God is never far away Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like the moth that tries To enter the bright eye So I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D `Tis a long-suffering shackle Collaring all that rebel blood And the mercy seat is-a waiting And I think my head is-a burning In a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die And the mercy seat is-a burning And I think my head is-a glowing And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this weighing up of truth An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die And the mercy seat is-a glowing And I think my head is smoking And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all these looks of disbelief An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway there was no prrof Nor a motive why And the mercy seat is-a melting And I think my blood is-a boiling And in a way I'm spoiling All the fun with all this consequence of truth An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die From Letras Mania