This song was the reason I bought my first Nick Cave cd. I heard this song and thought that it was great and one of the most powerful songs I had ever heard and had to have the cd. I have of course been a big fan ever since
this sounds so shallow, i know, but i was just thinking about what woman would like him for him to write these songs for. He is talented,yes, but ugly. then i see comments like this and realize there are hopless romantics who aren't shallow like me. i use to crush on the singer from modest mouse, thought to myself this poet is my new radio boyfriend, then i saw his pic and i broke up with him. Nick cave is the coolest though.
this song is full of sentiment!!! Nick Cave is also a great blueserman, but this songs only with piano are really the best that I ever heard!!! great Nick!
unfortunately the mainstream music stations have blocked out any real talent.. shame on them! Thank god for the internet and places like youtube to help us spread the seeds of truly talented musicians!
i agree absolutely, ive found so many great musicians on here i never knew existed before. thanks to my irish friend for pointing me in Nick's direction :)
This is the first time i have seen this and am in love with the clip. Such emotion...I think the voice is in the higher pitch to show lament. When u are upset, you do not reach into the lower timbre of your voice to show it, it's quite high.
On this song the vocals do not sound very good as well as many other NMSWP songs. Thats just how it is. Boatman's Call vocals are much better... more relaxed.
I also agree. I think he reached a balanced medium on Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus between his old style and "new" style of singing. Dig Lazarus Dig is just mental. Not bad. Just mental.
I also love this album, its what got me well and truly hooked on Nick Cave. I spent a good 2 years listening to this album every night as i fell asleep, no joke. I still turn to it now, all these years later. I would like No More Shall We Part to be my wedding dance, if anyone is daft enough to wed me!
I was listening to this, paused it for a moment to listen to the news and caught the story on the black friday tragedy (man was trampled to death at walmart). Right afterward hit play to hear the second verse "see him gesture to his nieghbor.. and see him trampled beneath thier feet." What were the odds? I broke down and cried for quite some time. So sad.
Well, I really LOVE the song and the piano, I could listen to it all day long, but Nick doesnt have a perfect voice. Even though, the piano is really fantastic.
Well the politics around dropping one of those things fits in perfectly too man. Nothing about an atomic bomb is pretty, usefull, and simple. Good call though.
Aside from that, I really like that the image just before was that of a blooming flower... I love the juxtipastion (this is the guy you commented on- different account).
Every image in this video is beautiful, disregarding all connotations.
After all, "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"
In the video all these things are harmless, aesthetic, but the opinions of Cave and the woman are so vastly different that they see an entirely different world when they look out the window.
and I asked a number of my friends about it, and, amazingly, not once I heard same opinion twice. Such is the power of Nick's poetry. And btw, not 3 months ago I watched him live in Croatia; I heard him perform The Mercy Seat and... somehow words fail me now... Such is the power of Nick's poetry
proposition, awesome film! Nicky boy not only wrote the music score he also wrote the screenplay and has a small role near the end of the film in the bar. Is there no end to this man's talent?
No dear, there is NO end to Nick's exceptional talent. We're just going to have to deal with that, eh?? The Proposition was indeed an epic film!! I hope he makes many more!! He's coming to Seattle soon, and I can't get tickets. How shall we wrap our heads around THAT?? Bummmmmer!!
the irony of his lover trying to stop him sitting sadly by her side, focusing on the worlds lacking, and how she is drowning in his misery, god reminds me of my relationship, what a clever song and an anthem for burnt out support workers
An excellent song and an excellent video, nick cave's always great to listen to, a bit depressing but it's well worth it.
Adventurestud, yes, all australians look like Hugo Weaving - we call him the father of the nation, Australia came into existence in november 1991 when Hugo made his first clone. Look how far we've come!
well me stopped by after "into my arms" another masterpiece. about contents being asked around here? don´t care for those comments, it´s what makes you feel something you thought you´ve lost. hello world, hope you´re listening.
There are of course many possible interpretations of the lyrics. Nick Cave draws a setting, but the exact meaning of the picture is to be created by the listeners. You can't just passively listen to his songs like most popsongs, but you have to do an effort and to be creative and open minded. And that's the beauty of it, that listeners can discuss and share their opinion about the songs and its meaning.
I completely agree, I posted a number of comments on these lyrics and, truth to be told, I did it largely because I wanted to provoke anybody to stop and think about "Nick's poetry with musical background" (comment I stumbled across years ago about his older works)and because I still strongly feel that "I could not wipe the smile from my face" line brings such a rush of emotion from anybody who really listened to the lyrics and was drown into this beautiful, intimate dialog of two souls;
. She, however, knows better, that it is namely of the essence of humans to be bad and that there is no - at least no caring - God. But being forced to teach him her wisdom, she relieves which is why she cries. His smile is "self-disgusting" smile.
I cant agree with comments on the lyrics stating that the point of the song is to show her, the lady, having her dream (the world is beautiful) shutterd. On the contrary - he is in fact the one who is shutterd by him believing in the intrinsic justice of the world (which would have to presupose a living just god) which is precisly why he feels indignation at many ignoble deeds of humanity.
By the way, people who like this song from Nick Cave, should also watch the video of his song "Mercy Seat". One of his oldest songs, but still one of his best songs. Nick Cave, sure one of the most interesting and genuine artists for the moment.
It's one of those timeless songs, that you constantly can listen to, and still be impressed by the intensity of the song. And when you haven't listened to it for a while, and you rediscover the song, you are immediatly addicted again. The lyrics are amazing, you are realy drawn into the story. And Nick Cave has the perfect voice for such songs. A very powerful and intense song, but unfortunately very underestimated.
this whole album is amazing it gives me the chills to listen to the whole album but the piano on this song sends chills up my back simply amazing nick cave is the man the mercy seat is amazing too
I just discover this artist, the song, the voice and the lyrics are awesome, also the music, that piano is great!! and I don't know why....but I can watch 00:19-00:23s over and over and over again!!! I love the way he moves...!!!!!
I wonder whether it's supposed to be a critique on this in my opinion egoistic position (...she turned her head away // Great tears leaping from her eyes // I could not wipe the smile from my face // As I sat sadly by her side...) or not.
I wonder whether it's supposed to be a critique on this in my opinion egoistic position (...she turned her head away // Great tears leaping from her eyes // I could not wipe the smile from my face // As I sat sadly by her side...) or not.
Look at this lyrics from "wonderful life"We can build our dungeons in the air And sit and cry the blues We can stomp across this world With nails hammered through our shoes We can join that troubled chorus Who criticise and accuse It don't matter much We got nothing much to lose But this wonderful life If you can find it And when you find it And when you find it It's a wonderful life that you bring It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing. Thats in some way what she says.
I dont think, that she has any illusion about the world. it´s not contradictory to see the world as it is, with all it´s faults and nevertheless to say: It´s good. If he want´s to destroy any kind of dream, he would not smile but smirk.
I think - she has very aesthetic attitude to life -- "all is falling lovely and amazing" she plotted comfortable theory that "god does not care for..." He destroyed this ideal picture she made in her mind in defence of ugliness of this world. She cries that lost calmness. It makes him glad that there is chance she would be able to awake from dreams.
Thanks to all of you that comment on NICKS CAVE lyrics, they are beautiful pero pueden tener mil fondos y son algo sificil de desifrar, "I LOVE HIS LYRICS BIG TIME" Love Fiore:)
For me (n.b.) the smile is about her taking steps towards the belief that there is no intervening God; as she says that God does not care about his our others benevolence, or judgement of the world.
That is closer to his (Cave's as well as the storyteller's) point of view, compared with the view of most churches (her being church personified).
Or maybe she shockes herself, as the answer that she gives Cave is more suitable for her; she first judges God's creation, calling them beautiful, "out there forever falling, lovely and amazing", then judges Cave for pointing out how we are blind and self-absorbed, telling him that God doesn't care about Caves judgment on the World, when in fact she does the same; they are behind the glass, unaffacted by the world; looking at the beauty of Creation while sorrows pile up around them?
Anyhow, she got no more right to judge than he got, it doesn't matter if he comments on the world and she comments on him - it is both comments of the same magnitude.
you hit the mark - that is why he cannot wipe the smile from his face.
Thank you for your opinion, it was really nice to comment on Cave lyrics with someone who likes his music, and takes time to think about his lyrics. Thank you for sharing your time talking to me. God bless
you hit the mark - that is why he cannot wipe the smile from his face.
Thank you for your opinion, it was really nice to comment on Cave lyrics with someone who likes his music, and takes time to think about his lyrics. Thank you for sharing your time talking to me. God bless
She replies: Its not of your concern. Dont judge the world, it wont relieve your pain and you cant change it. There is no need for your sorrows, they are ugly, useless. There are sorrows enough, already overinflated. And it is him with the moment of recognition. He was the sad one. She is not judging him when she says: oh when will you ever learn? Her tears are for him, the man faced to her. Not someone somewhere whose fate she cant change. I think he finally sees that. Thats what i think.
But he asks: Can that really be good can that be fair? Witness the man reaching up from the gutter see the other one stumbling on who can not see! He is furiously desperate, his hands are even trembling
think it´s the question of theodicy.The situation is like a sad man waiting for an answer from a fortuneteller. The kitten, the glas, the point of view, from where you can see everything. They watch the world as it fell past. She does not judge by simply enjoying the creation. Thats why she only list the things she sees. Lovely and amazing.
it seems to me a point of some subtle irony in his smile; "great tears leaping from her eyes, I cound not wipe the smile from my face"; his beeing unable to stop smiling in face of her tears seems like he has some kind of greater truth about the way she looks at the world.
Really it seems to me like he smiles AT her.
That's why I posted this question here; seems to me that you and the LLiivveeeevviiLL are both right in some way, but I feel that something is still missing...
I think - she has very aesthetic attitude to life -- "all is falling lovely and amazing" she plotted comfortable theory that "god does not care for..." He destroyed this ideal picture she made in her mind in defence of ugliness of this world. She cries that lost calmness. It makes him glad that there is chance she would be able to awake from dreams.
And that is it, you captured an essence of it; that's why he smiles; at her broken illusion of the world around her and at himself, beeing unable not to shatter her illusion, her glass, defence against the world
I love this song
bandoska350 3 years ago 2
great song, cave byblic, poetic, mystic... actually my favourite songwriter, genius!!
Sad? maybe, maybe pure and dark, is no easy the two.
Pamicox 3 years ago 2
♥
adventureboy123 3 years ago
this is so sad, because it is so fn true...
sveder 3 years ago
...needs a moustache
heymarlarae 3 years ago
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What album is this on?
KingCalaway 3 years ago
As i sat sadly by her side C:
deanjones19 3 years ago
By far my favorite person in the world. I love Nick Cave <3
CaseyDesmond 3 years ago 6
fantastic, his live concerts are this good :D
dougiefife 3 years ago
great!
dianaroo12 3 years ago
perfect
utooooob 3 years ago
i love you
mar1shant1 3 years ago 2
Beatiful thing!!!!;)))
suicidegirll 3 years ago 5
He's talented guy..
Very powerfull and sentimental..
.....Love it
55Sky21 3 years ago 4
This song was the reason I bought my first Nick Cave cd. I heard this song and thought that it was great and one of the most powerful songs I had ever heard and had to have the cd. I have of course been a big fan ever since
lampaa 3 years ago 3
bu adamın sesine,yorumuna, şarkıalrına bayılıyorum
puffyxalence 3 years ago
very cool..
jahrejahr 3 years ago
help, he is so divine. thank you, dear creator, for having formed men like him, music like this. amen.
dobiastiehl 3 years ago 10
this sounds so shallow, i know, but i was just thinking about what woman would like him for him to write these songs for. He is talented,yes, but ugly. then i see comments like this and realize there are hopless romantics who aren't shallow like me. i use to crush on the singer from modest mouse, thought to myself this poet is my new radio boyfriend, then i saw his pic and i broke up with him. Nick cave is the coolest though.
aumanilove777 3 years ago
i´m glad that you´ve been cured :-)
dobiastiehl 3 years ago
This song is just so moving. Thank you Nick, for putting to music what I could not put into words....
-SoPhoe
SoPhoe 3 years ago 3
no words for the feeling this song gives me...
es ist so schön!
muss jedesmal heulen wenn ichs höre ♥
ChiuvanaInHeaven 3 years ago 3
nicht nur du
StarsOut27 3 years ago 3
no words can do this song justice, it is that awesome
IsilionNELE 3 years ago 5
this song is full of sentiment!!! Nick Cave is also a great blueserman, but this songs only with piano are really the best that I ever heard!!! great Nick!
nomeqlnq 3 years ago 2
who is this Nick Cave and why havent I heard of him before? hes very talented...
joeygsmom 3 years ago 9
unfortunately the mainstream music stations have blocked out any real talent.. shame on them! Thank god for the internet and places like youtube to help us spread the seeds of truly talented musicians!
brattylicious 3 years ago 6
i agree absolutely, ive found so many great musicians on here i never knew existed before. thanks to my irish friend for pointing me in Nick's direction :)
joeygsmom 3 years ago 3
Really powerful display of emotion..love it!
DancingOwl 3 years ago 4
piękne!! love it ! j'adore !
mariaszyszko 3 years ago
This is the first time i have seen this and am in love with the clip. Such emotion...I think the voice is in the higher pitch to show lament. When u are upset, you do not reach into the lower timbre of your voice to show it, it's quite high.
Gonetoofarquhar 3 years ago
ti amo ti amo ti amo ti amo ti amo ti amo
mar1shant1 3 years ago
some one has lyrics
allmenwomen 3 years ago
Great song and album, although I wish the singing was a bit less strained.
Hirnlego999 3 years ago
Strained in your ass. Nick is Brilliant, his voice in all its colors.
2teenah2 3 years ago 6
On this song the vocals do not sound very good as well as many other NMSWP songs. Thats just how it is. Boatman's Call vocals are much better... more relaxed.
Hirnlego999 3 years ago
I can see what you mean. I think he sounds better when his voice is deeper and darker. Still, brilliant song and fab video.
mjpcuervo 3 years ago
I also agree. I think he reached a balanced medium on Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus between his old style and "new" style of singing. Dig Lazarus Dig is just mental. Not bad. Just mental.
1apart1 3 years ago
"Still, brilliant song and fab video. "
Indeed it is.
Hirnlego999 3 years ago
I also love this album, its what got me well and truly hooked on Nick Cave. I spent a good 2 years listening to this album every night as i fell asleep, no joke. I still turn to it now, all these years later. I would like No More Shall We Part to be my wedding dance, if anyone is daft enough to wed me!
msloz 3 years ago
xBR00T4Lx
babiesdie 3 years ago
ve tanrı nick cave'i yarattı..
bloodflower2210 3 years ago
I was listening to this, paused it for a moment to listen to the news and caught the story on the black friday tragedy (man was trampled to death at walmart). Right afterward hit play to hear the second verse "see him gesture to his nieghbor.. and see him trampled beneath thier feet." What were the odds? I broke down and cried for quite some time. So sad.
irissurrealeuphoria 3 years ago 2
Uhh... I totally understand you... rough moment = (
elfdalmatae 3 years ago
this music video is absolutely beautiful and I think it really captures the song... the movement, the feeling... it's so lovely
Soapies 3 years ago
The best songwriter,the coolest cat...
edstone1 3 years ago 2
Still one of my favorite songs of all time. Then again, all the songs of that album (and of course any song by Nick Cave in general) are brilliant.
Wanderer1200 3 years ago
Nick Cave rocks!!!. I wish I could write songs as good as him.
slovan 3 years ago
Does anyone here knows what song Nick Cave sing where there's a girl having a huge orgams?
Thanks.
josegcouto 3 years ago
Are you talking about "I Love You, Nor Do I"?
It's Cave and Anita Lane. You should find the video somewhere on youtube.
Wanderer1200 3 years ago
God has given you but one heart
You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers
And God does not care for your benevolence
Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others
Nor does he care for you to sit
At windows in judgement of the world he created
While sorrows pile up around you
Ugly, useless and over-inflated
entoutesimplicite 3 years ago
Nick Cave is really a master of sad melodic storytelling.
ermerstudio 3 years ago 2
this song, god is in the house, oh my lord, love letter, a album where you can listen to all the tracks without skipping.
bill500carphead 3 years ago
great song!
dianaroo12 3 years ago
in what record is this song?
hectorleon87 3 years ago
It's from the 2001 album "No more shall we part". Buy it!!! :o)
cesdinal 3 years ago
I second that endorsement! No more shall we part contains some of Cave's best songwriting, it's gorgeously despondent.
vicepresidentfru1tly 3 years ago 4
genious.
daipunker65 3 years ago 2
10 out of 10. DEADLY.
shawntsxs 3 years ago 5
Well, I really LOVE the song and the piano, I could listen to it all day long, but Nick doesnt have a perfect voice. Even though, the piano is really fantastic.
kosmitk 3 years ago
regarding his voice, I do agree, it is far from being perfect but this is what makes it so special and moving
soizica 3 years ago 4
magnificent, superb, I can listen to it ever and ever and ever.
He is definitely a genius
soizica 3 years ago
when he dies people will say he was the greatest songwriter of his generation,what a fucking genius
ElenaRocker 3 years ago 5
pity they'll only say that when he dies
9Maleficus9 3 years ago
I am in love with this song. Never tire of listening to it. The lyrics are as beautiful as they are heartbreaking.
Nick Cave has an incredible talent for capturing a moment, and painting it clear as day in our minds.
His work always impresses me. Its never just a song or a verse, it always poetry. Relentless, fearless and utterly spellbinding.
CeCeeLee 3 years ago 7
one night i woke up and i got to see this video just lucky
hectorleon87 3 years ago
Oh, the piano.
Oh, the voice.
Oh, the lyrics.
Simply perfect.
jubitoftw 3 years ago 3
great great song!!!!!!
kikipicasso1 3 years ago
excellent
dongaganos 3 years ago
The most beautiful song on the world. Nick Cave should be Bard....as Blind Guardian sings : ...But the bards song will remain :-)
vankabel 3 years ago 2
This is one of the most beautiful songs out there. Almost haunting, definatly enchanting...
blueyedgurl2702 3 years ago
great song,awesome
kikipicasso1 3 years ago
my god he is perfect
florentina18 3 years ago
this song is heavier than any weapon man has created..!!!VOTE NICK CAVE FOR PRESIDENT!!!
holykimi 3 years ago 5
Wonderful song!
LaContessaBathory 3 years ago 2
this song is amazing really really amazing
pelp321 3 years ago 2
Enchanting.
OperaGypsy 3 years ago
awesome.
lorrin1986 3 years ago
he is so strange lookinig
ZomBEEandJesus 3 years ago
Well, he WAS created at the place where Satan and God meet - and probably strikes fear in both of them for totally different reasons.
lol
TheAbsolutionHowl 3 years ago 2
wonderfoul
VaNIN27 3 years ago 2
Aż ciarki przechodzą.
JEST WIELKI
wilawianka 3 years ago 6
I sometimes cry when i'm listening his music...
barushka1v 3 years ago 8
ti amo Nick
mar1shant1 3 years ago
Unbelibevably beautiful...Nobody can sing as Nick do....He is perfect...a exceptional talent!!!
kcatrine 3 years ago 9
What can say about this guy? His music and his lyrics got me through some tough times. Abolutley magical. Thanks Mr Cave.
gepett11 3 years ago 11
Nick Cave's performances take place on so many levels. It's like Alchemy.
redjaguar2 3 years ago 14
Μόνο για τον τελευταίο στίχο.
veinsaw 3 years ago
Something about the verse about "Sorrows pile up around you, Ugly useless and o-ver inflated" placed together with the Atom Bomb...
A good choice I think
gothdeer 3 years ago 10
Well the politics around dropping one of those things fits in perfectly too man. Nothing about an atomic bomb is pretty, usefull, and simple. Good call though.
trollfinger 3 years ago
Aside from that, I really like that the image just before was that of a blooming flower... I love the juxtipastion (this is the guy you commented on- different account).
raaghsarkoth 3 years ago
I sort of disagree.
Every image in this video is beautiful, disregarding all connotations.
After all, "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"
In the video all these things are harmless, aesthetic, but the opinions of Cave and the woman are so vastly different that they see an entirely different world when they look out the window.
But always felt in the end Cave wins. Poor girl.
dysonlaz 3 years ago
Epic.
thenubbintom 3 years ago 10
one of the saddest songs ever produced,beautiful!
kowhaiguy711 3 years ago 13
burner!
lostandwounded 3 years ago 3
he is magic
edstone1 3 years ago 17
and I asked a number of my friends about it, and, amazingly, not once I heard same opinion twice. Such is the power of Nick's poetry. And btw, not 3 months ago I watched him live in Croatia; I heard him perform The Mercy Seat and... somehow words fail me now... Such is the power of Nick's poetry
sandelic1 3 years ago 11
There are no words that can express my love towards this song. I've never heard sadness in such perfection. It's just unbelievably beatiful...
schizoPhobia 3 years ago 10
AMEZINLY DEEP, DEEP, DEEP.....Love Fiore:)
fioremichel 3 years ago 3
He did, and he wrote a novel as well, though i haven't read it yet.
espacho 3 years ago
proposition, awesome film! Nicky boy not only wrote the music score he also wrote the screenplay and has a small role near the end of the film in the bar. Is there no end to this man's talent?
mellie62 3 years ago 6
No dear, there is NO end to Nick's exceptional talent. We're just going to have to deal with that, eh?? The Proposition was indeed an epic film!! I hope he makes many more!! He's coming to Seattle soon, and I can't get tickets. How shall we wrap our heads around THAT?? Bummmmmer!!
LeonardAndNickFan 3 years ago 3
He is featured in a beautiful film called 'Wings of Desire'...
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago 4
Well, yes of course "Wings of Desire" a German film... simply gorgeous!! Wim Winders, eh??
LeonardAndNickFan 3 years ago 3
Yes, thats how I first heard of Nick Cave
;-), brilliant musician in a brilliant film!
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago 3
The real version of city of angels isn't it ? before it was called that.
trollfinger 3 years ago
Anybody see The Proposition? Great Australian western written by Cave, he does the soundtrack as well.
espacho 3 years ago 11
Um chyeah, it's amazing.
lalalasocks 3 years ago 4
could listen to this all day "not a home for the hearts of your brothers" that's such a cold statement.
trollfinger 3 years ago 4
i think cave's music is a cure for depression...u know when having no feelings at all(cause that's depression)..just listen to his music
bubukios 3 years ago 7
I love you!!!!!
mar1shant1 3 years ago 2
the irony of his lover trying to stop him sitting sadly by her side, focusing on the worlds lacking, and how she is drowning in his misery, god reminds me of my relationship, what a clever song and an anthem for burnt out support workers
CandyWarhole 3 years ago 3
An excellent song and an excellent video, nick cave's always great to listen to, a bit depressing but it's well worth it.
Adventurestud, yes, all australians look like Hugo Weaving - we call him the father of the nation, Australia came into existence in november 1991 when Hugo made his first clone. Look how far we've come!
puppywup9 3 years ago 8
Thanks for that mate! I think Heath Ledger had some of it - just a little. God rest his soul.
Adventurestud 3 years ago 2
such a beautiful piece of art
LarsonPEE 3 years ago 8
Fucking amazing best song av ever heared
wwerulesj 3 years ago 8
the first ten seconds are just brilliant
CheapTrick6793 3 years ago
love it, im sat here 2 in the mornin, listenin to nick cave, depressin but so good...
nirvallica1 3 years ago 8
It's magnificent - just a sign of the great artist, and great man - mature and gifted.
Casikrl 3 years ago 5
well me stopped by after "into my arms" another masterpiece. about contents being asked around here? don´t care for those comments, it´s what makes you feel something you thought you´ve lost. hello world, hope you´re listening.
alexosalexos 3 years ago
He looks a lot like Hugo Weaving. Is tha tan Australian thing?
Adventurestud 3 years ago
beautiful
robertkotorac 3 years ago
One of his best pieces if not the one.
Lboroguy 3 years ago 11
I would like to hear George Michael sing this...
and have Cave take a shot at Michaels' Older.
Martindanse 3 years ago 2
There are of course many possible interpretations of the lyrics. Nick Cave draws a setting, but the exact meaning of the picture is to be created by the listeners. You can't just passively listen to his songs like most popsongs, but you have to do an effort and to be creative and open minded. And that's the beauty of it, that listeners can discuss and share their opinion about the songs and its meaning.
beeroerke 3 years ago 7
I completely agree, I posted a number of comments on these lyrics and, truth to be told, I did it largely because I wanted to provoke anybody to stop and think about "Nick's poetry with musical background" (comment I stumbled across years ago about his older works)and because I still strongly feel that "I could not wipe the smile from my face" line brings such a rush of emotion from anybody who really listened to the lyrics and was drown into this beautiful, intimate dialog of two souls;
sandelic1 3 years ago 8
. She, however, knows better, that it is namely of the essence of humans to be bad and that there is no - at least no caring - God. But being forced to teach him her wisdom, she relieves which is why she cries. His smile is "self-disgusting" smile.
dzomba88 3 years ago 3
I cant agree with comments on the lyrics stating that the point of the song is to show her, the lady, having her dream (the world is beautiful) shutterd. On the contrary - he is in fact the one who is shutterd by him believing in the intrinsic justice of the world (which would have to presupose a living just god) which is precisly why he feels indignation at many ignoble deeds of humanity.
dzomba88 3 years ago 3
By the way, people who like this song from Nick Cave, should also watch the video of his song "Mercy Seat". One of his oldest songs, but still one of his best songs. Nick Cave, sure one of the most interesting and genuine artists for the moment.
beeroerke 3 years ago
It's one of those timeless songs, that you constantly can listen to, and still be impressed by the intensity of the song. And when you haven't listened to it for a while, and you rediscover the song, you are immediatly addicted again. The lyrics are amazing, you are realy drawn into the story. And Nick Cave has the perfect voice for such songs. A very powerful and intense song, but unfortunately very underestimated.
beeroerke 3 years ago 7
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Hoy! He sounds just like Astro Boys - Flower in the wind! Check it out! Freaky!!!
geriatriakohan 3 years ago
addicting song :X
HighPisi 3 years ago
Amezing! Beautiful! <33
it's absolutely my favourite! it reminds me of my dad.
LaRosaa 3 years ago
nick cave is a lyrical genius able to direct his intentions through a feeble yet stunningly sensitive voice
junichirosmith 3 years ago 11
so lyric!!
PRPRPR668 3 years ago 5
Everybody gets one.
crankybeaver 3 years ago
beautiful this song *_*
RozenMay 3 years ago 8
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what album is this of?
No47chopperraven 3 years ago
the nick cave album is no more shall we part,a must have album my fave esp god is in the house and oh my lord
bill500carphead 3 years ago
this song is so special to me..
savado 3 years ago
I dont know how one man can be so amazing, but he certainly does it with ease.
grishkaven 3 years ago 14
wonderful comment...
CeeLord76 3 years ago
I don't usually listen to Nick Cave, but this is honest to god one of the greatest songs I've ever heard!
mothberries 3 years ago 14
Beautiful...beautiful!!
Nediam20 3 years ago 2
I`m deeply affected by the despared and self-disgusted look in his eyes when singing "I could not wipe a smile from my face...". Simply brilliant.
Fadensonnen 3 years ago 5
this whole album is amazing it gives me the chills to listen to the whole album but the piano on this song sends chills up my back simply amazing nick cave is the man the mercy seat is amazing too
scudbunny 3 years ago 6
he sings love in a unique way. noone ever... god...
roikoh 3 years ago
he is a genius, the sadness gets another dimension...
hollock1 3 years ago 4
falling lovely and amaazing!! <3
Nediam20 3 years ago
I just discover this artist, the song, the voice and the lyrics are awesome, also the music, that piano is great!! and I don't know why....but I can watch 00:19-00:23s over and over and over again!!! I love the way he moves...!!!!!
Nediam20 3 years ago 2
i think shes just having a bad fever
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lazarusdig 3 years ago 5
"God has given you just one heart, you are not a home for the hearts of your brothers"
Nick Cave is amazing. Can't wait to buy the new album.
EvilOak27 3 years ago 9
although i don´t believe in god, that song makes me think about a "god".
"Nor does he care for you to sit
At windows in judgement of the world he created
While sorrows pile up around you
Ugly, useless and over-inflated"
those lines impressed me a lot..
this song is phenomenal
StarsOut27 3 years ago 5
I wonder whether it's supposed to be a critique on this in my opinion egoistic position (...she turned her head away // Great tears leaping from her eyes // I could not wipe the smile from my face // As I sat sadly by her side...) or not.
kortexsirvasil 3 years ago
I wonder whether it's supposed to be a critique on this in my opinion egoistic position (...she turned her head away // Great tears leaping from her eyes // I could not wipe the smile from my face // As I sat sadly by her side...) or not.
kortexsirvasil 3 years ago
Bros: it is just domestic catalogue verse. Think of Genesis; it parodies that sense of location; yet, it articulates our hunger for it.
ashburnhouse 3 years ago
SaddKidd 3 years ago
I dont think, that she has any illusion about the world. it´s not contradictory to see the world as it is, with all it´s faults and nevertheless to say: It´s good. If he want´s to destroy any kind of dream, he would not smile but smirk.
SaddKidd 3 years ago 2
I think - she has very aesthetic attitude to life -- "all is falling lovely and amazing" she plotted comfortable theory that "god does not care for..." He destroyed this ideal picture she made in her mind in defence of ugliness of this world. She cries that lost calmness. It makes him glad that there is chance she would be able to awake from dreams.
pinkskyme 3 years ago
Thanks to all of you that comment on NICKS CAVE lyrics, they are beautiful pero pueden tener mil fondos y son algo sificil de desifrar, "I LOVE HIS LYRICS BIG TIME" Love Fiore:)
fioremichel 3 years ago
All are there forever falling
Falling lovely and amazing...
Edenb3ast 3 years ago
what do you think, why he cannot "wipe the smile from his face"?
sandelic1 3 years ago
For me (n.b.) the smile is about her taking steps towards the belief that there is no intervening God; as she says that God does not care about his our others benevolence, or judgement of the world.
That is closer to his (Cave's as well as the storyteller's) point of view, compared with the view of most churches (her being church personified).
LLiivveeeevviiLL 3 years ago
so her tears comes from shock of recognition?
Her finally seeing Cave point of view?
sandelic1 3 years ago 2
Yes, or at least tears of denial; conflict in rhetoric and belief - with the kitten (faith) not longer being with her.
LLiivveeeevviiLL 3 years ago
Or maybe she shockes herself, as the answer that she gives Cave is more suitable for her; she first judges God's creation, calling them beautiful, "out there forever falling, lovely and amazing", then judges Cave for pointing out how we are blind and self-absorbed, telling him that God doesn't care about Caves judgment on the World, when in fact she does the same; they are behind the glass, unaffacted by the world; looking at the beauty of Creation while sorrows pile up around them?
sandelic1 3 years ago
It could very well be so I say. ;)
Anyhow, she got no more right to judge than he got, it doesn't matter if he comments on the world and she comments on him - it is both comments of the same magnitude.
LLiivveeeevviiLL 3 years ago
you hit the mark - that is why he cannot wipe the smile from his face.
Thank you for your opinion, it was really nice to comment on Cave lyrics with someone who likes his music, and takes time to think about his lyrics. Thank you for sharing your time talking to me. God bless
sandelic1 3 years ago
you hit the mark - that is why he cannot wipe the smile from his face.
Thank you for your opinion, it was really nice to comment on Cave lyrics with someone who likes his music, and takes time to think about his lyrics. Thank you for sharing your time talking to me. God bless
sandelic1 3 years ago
She replies: Its not of your concern. Dont judge the world, it wont relieve your pain and you cant change it. There is no need for your sorrows, they are ugly, useless. There are sorrows enough, already overinflated. And it is him with the moment of recognition. He was the sad one. She is not judging him when she says: oh when will you ever learn? Her tears are for him, the man faced to her. Not someone somewhere whose fate she cant change. I think he finally sees that. Thats what i think.
SaddKidd 3 years ago
But he asks: Can that really be good can that be fair? Witness the man reaching up from the gutter see the other one stumbling on who can not see! He is furiously desperate, his hands are even trembling
SaddKidd 3 years ago
think it´s the question of theodicy.The situation is like a sad man waiting for an answer from a fortuneteller. The kitten, the glas, the point of view, from where you can see everything. They watch the world as it fell past. She does not judge by simply enjoying the creation. Thats why she only list the things she sees. Lovely and amazing.
SaddKidd 3 years ago
maybe you're right...
it seems to me a point of some subtle irony in his smile; "great tears leaping from her eyes, I cound not wipe the smile from my face"; his beeing unable to stop smiling in face of her tears seems like he has some kind of greater truth about the way she looks at the world.
Really it seems to me like he smiles AT her.
That's why I posted this question here; seems to me that you and the LLiivveeeevviiLL are both right in some way, but I feel that something is still missing...
sandelic1 3 years ago
I think - she has very aesthetic attitude to life -- "all is falling lovely and amazing" she plotted comfortable theory that "god does not care for..." He destroyed this ideal picture she made in her mind in defence of ugliness of this world. She cries that lost calmness. It makes him glad that there is chance she would be able to awake from dreams.
pinkskyme 3 years ago 2
And that is it, you captured an essence of it; that's why he smiles; at her broken illusion of the world around her and at himself, beeing unable not to shatter her illusion, her glass, defence against the world
sandelic1 3 years ago 2