Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Idiot Prayer Lyrics
They're taking me down, my friend
And as they uskher me off to my end
Will I bid you adieu?
Or will I be seeing you soon?
If what they say around here is true
Me and you
My time is at hand, my dove
They're gunna pass me to that house above
Is Heaven just for victims, dear?
Where only those in pain go?
Well it takes two to tango
We will meet again, my love
I know
Because that's what they do up there
If you're in Hell, then what can I say
You probably deserved in anyway
I guess I'm gunna find out any day
For we'll meet again
And there'll be Hell to pay
Your face comes to me from the depths, dear
Your silent mouth mouths, 'Yes", dear
Dark red and big with blood
They're gunna shut me down, my love
They're gunna launch me into the stars
Well, all things come to pass
Glory hallelujah
This prayer is for you, my love
Sent on the wings of a dove
An idiot prayer of empty words
Love, dear, is strictly for the birds
We each get what we deserve
My little snow white dove
Rest assured
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Idiot Prayer Comments
My favourite NC song.
This is a fucking tune!
Never ever fails to make me cry.............(howl!)
Blackstar1 - Love this..... No matter what happens you will always be remembered... <3
That's nice even idiots have a prayer ..they need it ..🔩
this man is stronger and bettter than f.......... jesu
One of my Nick's favourites.
Very inspired!!!
If you're in Heaven then you'll forgive me, dear
Because that's what they do up there
If you're in Hell, then what can I say
You probably deserved in anyway
My favorite part.
I came for the Porcupine Tree song that came out a year earlier, but this is good too.
Well, all things come to pass. Glory, hallelujah.
unbeatable...
I don't know, have you heard "Idiot Prayer" by Porcupine Tree? It came out a year earlier, and the name is just a coincidence because they're nothing alike, but I prefer Porcupine Tree's song. I'm biased though because PT is my favorite band of all time.
@Michael Edwards lol
Your funeral my trial number 2. He killed her and he is on trial, so it is a murder ballad too.
i love this song
This is a special song and it means a lot to a lot of people. I know it does to me,,,HK...
My favorite on the album. It's crazy to think that even on Nick's most subdued, somber work, Blixa's chaotic guitar is all over it. His creaking licks in the background take this track to another level.
I think Cave is better off without Bargeld
💔 heavy...
this song reminds me of one thing...
its...
there no one kind of live thing that actually believes in god :D
nothing... anyway what can i say most of them are right, since god is there but the books are clearly fake and most of the known facts are definitely fake :D
Ótima musica
I think it makes sense to interpret this song as a series of letters by criminal on death row
The first is to a friend,
The second to a lover,
The third is a reply from the lover, 'if your heaven...'
The fourth is by the inmate reflecting on the reply, it's more urgent and depressing, he'll be dead soon.
The last stanza is by his lover, but its not a letter because he's dead at this stage, it's the idiot prayer, there is anger between the couple, skepticism about an afterlife.
This would be a lovely, sanitised version. But no, I don't think it's a series of letters. It's to one person, to the woman, his love, he killed, as he's going down. It's nasty, and it's also a love song in a twisted way.
For further insight into Nick's love songs, check out the Secret Life of the Love Song and The Flesh Made Word essays.
I always interpreted it as a man on death row who murdered a women who he was obsessed with and is still obsessed with her even when he's about to die.
Pretty reddit-tier-headcanon interpretation.
It's addressed to one and only one person: The lover the singer killed.
No it doesn’t.
the beau of the boatman's ball
its got it...
Such a wondrous ballad!