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The Mercy Seat
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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And they came, took me from my home
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Put me in Dead Row
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Of which I am nearly wholly innocent
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I'll say again, I am afraid to die
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I began to warm and chill
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To objects and their fields
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A ragged cup, a twisted mop
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The face of Jesus in my soup
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Those sinister dinner deals
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A meal trolley's wicked wheels
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A hooked bone rising from my food
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All things either good or ungood
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And the mercy seat is awaiting
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And I think my head is burning
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And in a way I'm yearning
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To be done with all this measuring of truth
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Of an eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And anyway I told the truth
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And I'm not afraid to die
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Interpret signs and catalogue
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A blackened tooth
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A scarlet fog
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The walls are bad, black, bottom kind
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath gathering at my hind
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I hear stories from the chamber
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Christ was born into a manger
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And like some ragged stranger
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Died upon the cross
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And might I say
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It seems so fitting in its way
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He was a carpenter by trade
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Or at least that's what I'm told
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Like my good hand
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Tattooed evil all across his brothers fist
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That filthy five
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They did nothing to challenge or resist
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In Heaven His throne is made of gold
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The ark of His Testament is stowed
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A throne from which I'm told
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All history does unfold
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Down here
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It's made of a wood and wire
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And my body is on fire
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And God is never far away
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Into the mercy seat I climb
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My head is shaved, my head is wired
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Like a moth that tries
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To enter the bright eye
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Till I go shuffling out of life
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Just to hide in death awhile
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And anyway
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I never lied
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Kill hand is called evil
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Wears a wedding band that's good
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To the long suffering shackle
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Collaring all that rebel blood
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And the mercy seat is a burning
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And I think my head is glowing
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In a way I'm hoping
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To be done with all this weighing up of truth
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An eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And I've got nothing left to lose
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And I'm not afraid to die
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And the mercy seat is glowing
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And I think my head is a melting
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In a way I'm helping
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To be done with all this twisting of the truth
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An eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And anyway I saw no proof
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And nor a motive why
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The mercy seat is a melting
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And I think my blood is a boiling
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In a way I'm spoiling
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All the fun that I always consequence the truth
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An eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And I've got nothing left to lose
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And I'm not afraid to die
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And the mercy seat is awaiting
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And I think my head is burning
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In a way I'm yearning
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To be done with all this measuring of truth
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An eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And anyway there was no proof
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And nor a motive why
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And the mercy seat is awaiting
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And I think my head is burning
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In a way I'm yearning
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To be done with all this measuring of truth
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An eye for an eye
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And a tooth for a tooth
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And anyway I've told the truth
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And I'm not afraid to die
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And the mercy seat is awaiting
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And I think my head is burning
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In a way I'm yearning
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To be done with all this measuring of proof
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A lie for a lie
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And a truth for a truth
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And anyway there was no proof
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And I'm not afraid to die
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And the mercy seat is awaiting
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And I think my head is smoking
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And in a way I'm hoping
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To be done with all this looks of disbelief
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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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And anyway I've told the truth and I'm not afraid to die
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And the mercy seat is awaiting and I think my head is burning
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And in a way I'm yearning to be done with all this measuring of proof
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