Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Grief Came Riding Lyrics

I'm tired of washing my girlfriend's knickers. There....I've said it!

I'm proud of you for pouring your heart, keep it up friend!

A grief came riding on the wind
up the southern river Thames
I was sitting on the bank with my mouth open
and I felt it entering

And I began thinking about our wedding day
and how love was a vow
I was thinking about the chamber door
only we can enter now

I began thinking about our ancient friends
and of kissing them goodbye
and then the wind blew under Battersea Bridge
and a tear broke from my eye

I started thinking about London
and nothing good ever came from this town,
and if the Thames weren't so filthy
I would jump in the river and drown

Don't be afraid,
come on down,
I'm just sitting here and thinking aloud

A grief came riding on the wind
up the river where the bridges crouch,
blowing people back and forth
from the marital bed to the psychiatric couch

Blowing people far apart,
blowing others so they collide,
blowing some poor bastard right out of the water,
blowing another one over the side

Hear the ancient iron bridge
and listen to it groan,
with the weight of a thousand people
leaving or returning home

To their failures
To their boredoms
To their husbands
and their wives
who are carving them up for dinner
before they even arrive

Don't be afraid,
come on down,
I'm just sitting here and thinking aloud

Now look there
just below the water
see the saviour of the human race
with the fishes and the frogs
has found his final resting place

Don't be afraid,
come on down,
I'm just sitting here thinking aloud

Thanks!!

sullen river thames

Poor, poor, poor Nick... I hope he can make it through this pain... First Sunday without his son...

GOD BLESS NICK ! FANTASTIC DREAM OF LIFE ! WE ALL ARE WHIT HIM FOREVER , AND WE THANK YOU FOR ANY SINGLE SONG HE MADE

I love you Cave. This song in particular stays in my head several days on end.

No dislikes for a reason.

Simplicity, perfect. Like the Boatman's Call. Piano, bass, violin, and The Voice. All the man needs.

What a beautiful song