The Sweetest

our time is done my love
we've laid it all to waste
one thousand moonlit kisses
can't sweeten this bitter taste
my desire for you is endless
and i'll love you 'till we fall
i just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

to think we can find happiness
hidden in a kiss
ah, to think we can find happiness
that's the greatest mistake there is
there is nothing left to cling to babe
there is nothing left to soil
i just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

ooohhh, where did it begin
when all we did was lose
there's nothin' left to win

Embrace

so lay your weapons down
they serve no purpose in your hands
and if you wanna hold me
then go ahead and hold me
i won't upset your plans
if it's revenge you want
then take it babe
or you can walk right out the door
i just don't care anymore
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

ooohhh, where did it begin
when all we did was lose
there's nothin' left to win

it's over babe
and it really is a shame
we are losers you and me babe
in a rigged and crooked game
my desire for you is endless
and i love you most of all
i just don't want you no more
and that's the sweetest embrace of all

Nick Cave / Barry Adamson /// Fallen Angel /// *

(Are You)

i've felt you coming girl

as you drew near
i knew you'd find me

cause i longed you here
are you my desitiny?

is this how you'll appear?
wrapped in a coat

with tears in your eyes?
well take that coat babe

and throw it on the floor
are you the one

that i've been waiting for?

The One

as you've been moving

surely toward me
my soul has comforted

and assured me
that in time my heart

it will reward me
and that all will be revealed
so i've sat and i've watched

an ice-age thaw
are you the one

that i've been waiting for?

That I've

out of sorrow

entire worlds have been built
out of longing

great wonders have been willed
they're only little tears

darling, let them spill
and lay your head

upon my shoulder
outside my window

the world has gone to war
are you the one

that i've been waiting for?

Waiting For ?

oh, we will know, won't we?
the stars will explode in the sky
oh, but they don't, do they?
stars have their moment and then they die

.
there's a man who spoke wonders

though i've never met him
he said

"he who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in"
i think of you in motion

and just how close you are getting
and how every little thing anticipates you
all down my veins my heart-strings call
are you the one

that i've been waiting for?

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Where

from the first day i saw her

i knew she was the one

as she stared in my eyes and smiled

for her lips were the colour of the roses

they grew down the river

all bloody and wild

The Wild

when he knocked on my door

and entered the room

my trembling subsided in his sure embrace

he would be my first man

and with a careful hand

he wiped the tears that ran down my face

on the second day

i brought her a flower

she was more beautifulthan any woman i'd seen

i said, 'do you know where the wild roses grow

so sweet and scarlet and free?'

Roses

on the second day

he came with a single rose

said: 'will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'

i nodded my head

as i layed on the bed

he said, 'if i show you the roses will you follow?'

on the third day

he took me to the river

he showed me the roses and we kissed

and the last thing i heard was a muttered word

as he stood smiling above me

with a rock in his fist

Grow

on the last day i took her

where the wild roses grow

and she lay on the bank

the wind light as a thief

as i kissed her goodbye

i said, 'all beauty must die'

and lent down and planted a rose

between her teeth

Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue

So Hold Me

[this morning will be wiser than this evening is]

And Hold Me

[then leave me to my enemied dreams]

Don't Tell Me Your Name

[and be quiet as you are leaving, miss]

Green Eyes

kiss me again, rekiss me and kiss me

slip your frigid hands beneath my shirt

this useless old fucker with his twinkling cunt

doesn't care if he gets hurt

green eyes, green eyes

green eyes, green eyes

if it were but a matter of faith

if it were measured in petitions and prayer

she would materialise, all fleshed out

but it is not, nor do i care

green eyes, green eyes

green eyes, green eyes

so hold me and hold me, don't tell me your name

this morning will be wiser than this evening is

then leave me to my enemied dreams

and be quiet as you are leaving, miss

green eyes...

green eyes, green eyes

green eyes, green eyes

Nick Cave & Bad Seeds /// Mar Adentro /// *