Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hiding All Away Lyrics

The idea behind the lyrics is probably inspired by The Song of Solomon.

Regarding the choir laughing at one point in the song, Nick Cave was once quoted as saying: "We left it in because the song was heading toward its fairly grisly revelation, and I thought it benefited enormously," said Cave, referring to the uncomfortable laughter that follows a trio of lines involving a butcher, a cleaver and a "fist up your dress." "A lot of the stuff they were really hearing for the first time, and they were trying to sing to it, so the lyrics were revealing themselves to them. And they're from a Christian choir. At certain points, they were thinking, 'What are we actually singing on?' "

FIVE TO ONE BABY, ONE IN FIVE!

If you don't like , you are deaf , literally or figuratively :>O

one of the coolest songs on the planet, angsty , great energy. love it,

how can dislike Cave?he is fucking brilliant.

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The opening notes of this song remind me of the Fall - listen to "Spectre Vs. Rector" and then listen to this, and see what you think - but the lyrics remind me of something Bob Dylan would write. Crazy!

Nick Cave ia genius

You went looking for nur, dear,
Down by the sea
You found some Iittle silver fish
But you didn't find me
I was hiding, dear, hiding all way
I was hiding, dear, hiding all way

You went to the museum
You climbed a spiral stair
You searched for me all among
The knowledgeable air
I was hidden, babe, hiding all away
I was hidden, dear, hiding all away

You entered the cathedral
When you heard the solemn knell
I was not sitting with the gargoyles
I was not swinging from the hell
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

You asked an electrician
If he'd seen me round his place
He touched you with his fingers
Sent sparks zapping out your face
I was hidden, dear, hiding all away
I was not there, dear, hiding all away

You went and asked your doctor
To get some advice
He shot you full of Pethidine
And then he billed you twice

But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away
But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You approached a high court judge
You thought he'd be on the level
He wrapped a rag around your face
And beat you with his gavel
I was hiding, habe, hiding all away
I was hidden, dem, hiding all away

You asked at the local constabulary
They said, he's up to his same old tricks
They leered at you with their baby blues
And rubbed jelly on their sticks
I had to get out of there, babe, hiding all away
I had to get out of there, dear, hiding all away

You searched through all my poets
From Sappho through to Auden
I saw the book fall from your hands
As you slowly died of boredom
I had been there, dear,
but I was not there anymore
I had been there, now I'm hiding all way

You walked into the ball of fame
And approached my imitators
Some were stuffing their faces with caviar
Some were eating cold potatoes
I was hiding, dear, hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You asked a famous cook if he'd seen me
He opened his oven wide
He basted you with butter, babe
And made you crawl inside
I was not in there, dear, hiding all away
I was not in there, dear, hiding all away

You asked the butcher
Who lifted up his cleaver
Stuck his fist up your dress
Said he must've been mad to leave you
But I had to get away, dear, hiding all away
I had to get away, dear, I was hidden all away

Some of us we hide away
Some of us we don't
Some will live to love another day
And some of us won't
But we all know there is a law
And that law, it is love
And we all know there's a war coming
Coming from above

There is a war coming
There is a war coming

awright now!

This song reminds me of something CLUTCH would play...

This needs to be the opening track for True Detective Season Three.

finally found this track ...been playing on walking dead ad

+Robert Williams I'm trying to find that ad XD

this song is hillarious, imaginative blues, gothic and mental ????????£££££

Every time I play this song I keep expecting Tina Tuner to start singing simply the best!! Just the start bit though.

Awful audio quality, wtf.

fucking cry babies

Epic song from an epic album! Just saw Cave & the Bad Seeds at Glastonbury. Performances of Stagger Lee, Mercy Seat and From Her to Eternity were amazing!

BeezelandBesty saw him in San Diego last year. Incredible energy despite his loss. Dude is a consummate professional.

I love how you can hear the choir singers giggling in the background. I'm sure they were wondering what they got themselves into.

I played this song 5 years ago repeatedly and loud only an hour before walking out on my full time job from hell.

Powerful stuff.

just saw God!

incredible!!!

i ain't eatin no cold potatas though

im still hidin all away

DID I MENTION PEASANTS HAVE CLEAVERS!

WAR IS A COMING OF THE BIBLICAL DAVID SLAY GOLIATH ENOUGH PEASANT MUTANY COMING PUNCHBACK RIP OFF YOUR MONSTER MASK SOUL SPILLAGE!

There Is A War Coming..!

Manged to rhyme W.H. Auden and Boredom. Simple genius.

zero dislikes :D

wonderful.....

THERE IS A WAR COMING

An amazing song. Nick Cave never fails to deliver!

Thanks for posting Tika..It's an awesome piece of work isnt it! the whole album.A True Poet!