Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Straight To You Lyrics






All the towers of ivory are crumbling
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks
This is the time of our great undoing
This is the time that I'll come running
Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
One more time

The light in our window is fading
The candle gutters on the ledge
Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing
And I'll cry, girl, but I'll come a-running
Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
Once again

Gone are the days of rainbows
Gone are the nights of swinging from the stars
For the sea will swallow up the mountains
And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks
Straight at you
But I'll come a-running
Straight to you
But I'll come a-running
One more time

Heaven has denied us its kingdom
The saints are drunk howling at the moon
The chariots of angels are colliding
Well, I'll run, babe, but I'll come running
Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
One more time





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  1. A.... ....

    I saw the "Conversations " tour in Melbourne Australia in January 2019..... PRICELESS !
    A night I'll never forget. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. He's a god ! So down to earth and in spite of the darkness in some of his songs and music he has got an AWESOME sense of humor.

  2. E.... G....

    💔👩‍🦰🥀

  3. t.... b....

    E quanto eri bello..da morire!💖
    Fascino incredibile

  4. t.... b....

    Leggenda. Grandissimo Nick Cave

  5. K.... R....

    I can’t love this enough ❤️❤️❤️

  6. �.... �....

    مـــيـــن🥰 يــرحب🥰 بـي🥰 يــضـغط لايـك🥰ويـراســــلنـــي خـاص واشـتـرك بـقـنـاتـــي
    *Whatapps***00212.621.627.549*💋💋💋

  7. j.... s....

    O Nick Cave é muito sexy amo essa música faz parte da minha vida um verdadeiro performan.❤❤😍😍

    j.... s....

    Molto sexy! Bellissimooo💜👍

  8. S.... M....

    I can't handle how handsome he is.

  9. A.... C....

    ❤🇧🇷

  10. T.... ....

    Has to be about his addition to drugs - the 'you' being the drugs.

    T.... ....

    That's an awfully ridiculous comment.

  11. J.... N....

    Sounds like Jim Morrison, Ian Curtis and Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance).

  12. C.... C....

    See also Chris Chappell’s Distortion Pedal

  13. M.... G....

    Never trust a muso who wears a suit

  14. K.... L....

    Blixa ❤

  15. S.... J....

    So what is this song about?

  16. T.... F....

    song structure reminds me of a praise song

  17. P.... K....

    what a fucking genius he is

  18. s.... ....

    ❤️❤️❤️ Best love song ever.. mean one of the best

  19. G.... S....

    The whole world's most joyful irony and ironic joy to be taken absolute seriously with a pinch of salt. Straight to you from Wangaratta.

  20. s.... 1....

    This is real music. Not like the celebrity shit of 2019.Look at Nick and Blixa.

  21. I.... a....

    I’ve never seen him look young before- weird.

    I.... a....

    I fell in love with Nick back in the early 80s singing 'SHIVERS" the song featured in the Australian movie which starred Michael Hutchence. Nick is HOT and so is Michael. 🖤🙏🖤

  22. K.... C....

    The Lemonheads brought me back! ❤🔥

  23. C.... W....

    What's so great about this video is the self-deprecation that makes a song about the survival of love in apocalypse just another cheap carny act.

  24. S.... C....

    another more serious, reflective song by Nick. Once again a bit 'chocolate box', but uplifting and aesthetically beautiful all the same.

  25. K.... B....

    for the first time i heard Nick in 1993 and i fell in love...and i love him in 2019, even more ♥️

  26. L.... M....

    Weirdly, Josh Groban does a great cover of this as well. Very different from N.C., but still great.

  27. V.... L....

    The Lemonheads recently did a pretty good cover of this song. Not as good of course but pretty damn good.

  28. L.... S....

    Assim deveria ser o carnaval...

  29. A.... K....

    I love Nick Cave

  30. E.... C....

    I hear Gucci, Adrien and Chopin. I love you, im not alone.

  31. M.... A....

    Lovely Nick

  32. W.... F....

    Men who sing like men ftw

  33. F.... R....

    Super 😍

  34. A.... W....

    blixa in the last bit: jumping about happily
    me, with tears in my eyes: fucking superb you funky little noiseman

  35. V.... M....

    Each song more boring than the next! Still Morrissey is worse!

  36. R.... V....

    This always brings me tears 🙏

  37. J.... P....

    So, anyone thinks the lyrics have to do with his coming back to heroin at the end of his relationship with Viviane Carneiro...? It's 1992 here, the song shows everything falling apart, and then he's going "straight to you, for I am *captured* *once again* ", a few hints here...

  38. G.... H....

    Great band!

    G.... H....

    i just heard the birthday party on the radio!

  39. L.... A....

    weird thing to me has always been that from a distance Nick Cave could easily be mistaken for Nick Drake. Tale of two Nicks. Two artists I revere and adore

  40. H.... C....

    Always remember you whit this song

  41. A.... ....

    true love.

  42. b.... ....

    Nick's birthplace is a little town in NW VIctoria. They are planning to erect a large brass statue of Nick riding a rearing horse. Should bring lots of tourists so they suppose. The town is Warracknabeal.

  43. M.... W....

    There was something magical about the band when Blixa and Mick Harvey were in it.

    M.... W....

    Michael Wilson, yes I totally agree. I love the stuff with Warren, but I really miss Mick Harvey’s brilliant skill at arrangement.

  44. R.... F....

    just great!

  45. a.... ....

    All the towers of ivory are crumbling
    And the swallows have sharpened their beaks
    This is the time of our great undoing
    This is the time that I'll come running
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    One more time

    The light in our window is fading
    The candle gutters on the ledge
    Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing
    And I'll cry, girl, but I'll come a-running
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    Once again

    Gone are the days of rainbows
    Gone are the nights of swinging from the stars
    For the sea will swallow up the mountains
    And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks
    Straight at you
    But I'll come a-running
    Straight to you
    But I'll come a-running
    One more time

    Heaven has denied us its kingdom
    The saints are drunk howling at the moon
    The chariots of angels are colliding
    Well, I'll run, babe, but I'll come running
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    Straight to you
    For I am captured
    One more time

  46. S.... D....

    Nick Cave's mannerisms in this video excessively looks like Brad Pitt from the Ocean's series..maybe this where Brad Pitt got the idea?

  47. D.... L....

    Qqu'un a le nom de l'album de cette chanson ?

  48. g.... ....

    One time I took some sort of enhanced ecstasy in Berlin and it looked exactly like this

  49. N.... W....

    Blixas face through this :) beautiful lyrics

  50. D.... H....

    I think that 3:00 to 3:45 is the best thing that he has done; what a great song.

  51. S.... R....

    Not a good video, but the track is one of the best by the band. The lineup was great at that time.

  52. D.... d....

    This is mine and my partner's song. 16 years on and it's still so fitting and touching. Love it!

  53. S.... F....

    One Mort I'm ! ~ {Quite an Evolution there Man. Bravo !}

  54. j.... p....

    The words in this beautiful song gets me choked everytime about love

  55. M.... ....

    ебать это шедевр

    M.... ....

    однозначно

  56. L.... R....

    Anton Corbijn brought me here

  57. s.... ....

    twin peaks sfeertje!!!Love it!!!!!!!!!!!

  58. P.... K....

    He is divine X

  59. C.... K....

    2017. Ακόμα το ακούω με την ίδια αφέλεια και το ίδιο ρίγος όπως τότε.... Λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν...................

  60. C.... K....

    I like Josh Groban singing this much better- this version -Nick Cave is just weird.

    C.... K....

    Yes this version is just weird. Josh Groban's version is 100% better- but that is just my opinion and it depends on what kind of music you like.

  61. C.... K....

    Ονειρικό, απερίγραπτο και ατελείωτο όπως τότε..........

  62. E.... B....

    DUSTIN DOLLIN INTRODUCED THIS MAN TO ME THANKS, OH AND DUMB AND DUMBER

  63. y.... b....

    God this is a hell of a song this

  64. M.... L....

    The ad with the stupid Wilson Phillips song totally got me. I started singing it to myself and when he says "dontcha know" at the end, the timing was spot on. How embarrassing.

  65. S.... ....

    Another new discovery for me via YouTube. I'm a 57 yr old Baby Boomer who has zero idea how to know new good stuff. I feel like I'm missing the best things--I love this.

    S.... ....

    SoLasVegious it's so beautiful. My 2bd fav nick cave love song (after The Ship Song). Too, too beautiful <3

  66. N.... C....

    Ma di corsa verrò,dritto da te.

  67. M.... B....

    St Kinda wants Nick back

  68. M.... M....

    It's all about the beret.  I love St. Blixa.  <3

  69. J.... H....

    Blixa is some boy like

  70. v.... i....

    Mr Cave performing high on smack is priceless ;)

  71. L.... S....

    Assim deveria ser o carnaval!

  72. D.... B....

    Too bad NK had to do this shit just to try to get on on MTV in 1992 and try make a dent in the US market.Too bad, this song is not to bad

  73. I.... K....

    Nick Cave & the bad seeds are the best

  74. I.... S....

    and this song touching my heart one more time...

  75. j.... ....

    Just in tackling topics like love, show truly how brave he is...:)

    Unabashedly so

  76. N.... B....

    j'adore !

  77. E.... A....

    He's a fucking genius.

  78. T.... P....

    Just a phenomenal piece of Song writing.
    Nick Cave captures every piece of Human emotion into his songs. The guy is a master!!!

  79. P.... S....

    Tommy Wiseau in the thumbnail

  80. A.... A....

    Josh groban is one of my favorite singers and he did a pretty good cover of this song..... until now i find the song belongs to Nick cave. i like him a lot too. and both versions of the song are amazing

    A.... A....

    i am laughing at this comment now xD

  81. K.... O....

    I Love his voice!!! This is an Awesome song!!!

  82. V.... D....

    C'est la vidéo la plus ridicule qu'il m'ait été donné de voir. Quand Nick Cave dit "rainbow", il faut admettre qu'il est très convaincant.... Et puis quelle idée débile entre les nanas, le cracheur de feu, le volatile qui sort du chapeau. ..Mais j'ai tellement ri en la regardant que je change d'avis et déclare que c'est drôlement drôle.

  83. G.... ....

    If i were to turn gay for a man, a young nick cave would be it

  84. z.... ....

    Unbeschreiblich schönes Lied!

  85. T.... L....

    So handsome back then....he sadly aged horribly..

  86. N.... C....

    to listen

  87. j.... C....

    Happy Birthday to Mr. Cave!!

  88. A.... N....

    Love this

  89. M.... X....

    to blixa this probably sounds like pop music.

    M.... X....

    it's not einstusen naubaten, thats for sure lol (i probably messed up the spelling)

    M.... X....

    Well it kind of is pop music

    M.... X....

    "I didn't get into rock & roll to make rock & roll!"

    M.... X....

    @Nathan Caine close. Einstürzende Neubauten

  90. M.... X....

    what do you suppose Blixa is thinking at 2:40 ?

    M.... X....

    I wonder how he felt about the transition from abrasive, harsh and scary sounds from Neubaten and early Cave, into this softer more beautiful sound.

    M.... X....

    It's only after Boatman's Call and Nocturama that he started to think what the hell am I doing here?
    Nick wrote on the piano and the band had less influence, so he went on and focused on Neubauten.
    Now Neubauten releases do not happen too often, not financially sound...which is probably the greatest tragedy of all since Alles Wieder Offer and Jewels are top records.

  91. A.... S....

    Beautiful song.