God, chills going all up and down my spine, goose bumps, all of it. Only half the beauty of this song is how it's played and how he sings it. The other half is the pure, unjaded sincerity in his voice. You don't even have to suspend any disbelief, you just know this shit's coming pure and direct right from his soul. Amazing, absolutely amazing.
So Beautiful. But I have always found the word hard to sing along with as I do believe in God and I hate singing I don't believe in an interventionist GOD because I do. He intervenes for us and others when we pray according to his will. I have had 98% of my many prayers over the years answered exactly as i prayed them. Wasn't easy. But they were answered. Some took a very long time. HAD TO PRAY bigger matters through.
@CeliaDWarrior so you statistically analysed your prayer:answer ratio & came up with 98%? please...& if he/she is an interventionist god, then why the hell did he/she let the tsunami/volcano/bushfires/poverty/war/murders kill millions of people? including 'believers' like yourself?! religion is sooo out-dated it makes me laugh...please wake up, just like Nick Cave did...
So profound and intimate.... just gorgeous words and music... one of my favourite songs ever, makes me feel so held and warm everytime I hear it, thank you nick!
This might very well be the ultimate love song. "I don't believe in an interventionist God. But I know that you do". Essentially he is willing to put his beliefs aside to be with a woman. Sums up everything I feel right now for a girl. It's amazing the power of a few chords and a few choice words can have...
Nick Cave was addicted to Heroin in his late teens throughout his 20's when his father was killed in an automobile accident. But regardless, I do not believe that this song is about Heroin.
This is off the album "The Boatman's Call", which was written in memoir entirely to the breakup between him and P.J. Harvey (Not saying that they are solely about that, but that is what it pertains to).
whenever I hear this as its going into the chorus its like its a realization. That pause hes trying to find something to say and it comes to him like a epiphany it just seems like its "ah...Into my arms" and in that way I get a sense of enjoyment as it goes into the chorus no matter how many times I hear it. he repeats it so its as if it comforts him...........so much can be read into this song I love it
I would sing this song to my girlfriend every night as she was going to sleep. Now I just hope the words are some kind of prayer that God can hear and answer for me because she has broken up with me over something so small. I want her back so bad it hurts. I love her.
stop deleting his videos from youtube u fkin noobs!! i should say something more moderate i know, but it really sucks that youTUBE delete his videos....
Makes me think of a short and sweet reconciliation I had with my ex husband. He used to be Nick's PA and introduced me to his music. So I have one thing to thank him for, then *grin*
Oh and on the comment regarding goth toss by the world acclaimed aledgedley...
you exposed yourself as a nob. goth?.. tut tut. Think before you share your views is the advice I would offer you. You are ignorant (obviously) and bitter inside. Maybe go outside and find something that will cheer you up.
Nick Cave is an absolute legend of a man, this song is so epic in more ways than one!!! great,artist,muscisian and even movie writer!!! fuck yeah cave and the badseeds forever!!!!
such a great song, a friend of mine asked me earlier if i had any thoughts on what song she could play for the first dance at her wedding.. for me this is the perfect song. I dont believe anyone has ever put into song the love one man can have for a woman as briliantly as Nick Cave has done in this song.
I cant help but cry in happiness when i hear this song becasue nothing i have ever experienced in this world could ever describe the beauty and joy that comes with hearing these lyrics
I'm sorry but I speak for most people here when I respectfully disagree with your interpretation. It is simply a love ditty about a girl with different beliefs to him. He wrote it in a church in Surrey. But if the song means that to you, feel free to enjoy it in your way.
@koverm I love your interpretation of this song. I'm an old girl and heard this song as differences in theological beliefs. Last year, nearly to the date, I had the misfortune of being advised that my 19 year old daughter was terminally ill (a "thankful" mishap of mental health) & every time I heard this song after that, it became a song of tribute after death. But the heroin additction now strikes a chord...
@koverm a perfectly logical ,on the surface,dissection of the lyrics. But in reality you are taking a beautiful love song and cheapening it into a piece of trash...... you fail because 99% of the viewers disagree with you as do I.Personally I think your reading of it is almost perverse
@61lcp perverse, and cheapening... listen to Heroin by Velvet Underground... Why would a song about something like that be bad... Cave has been a hardcore drug addict for 15 years so I don't think it's impossible. I'm not promoting heroin but if you hear about it in songs, movies and other media it's possible that addicts have such connection with their drug, it becomes their muse. So why would I fail with this interpretation...
@koverm Listen to Heroin by The Velvet Underground....Dude I was alive when it was released! You go back and listen to "Heroin",a great Lou Reed song in my opinion,and then sign back on and show me how musically,emphasis MUSICALLY, it relates to Cave's song of loss and yearning for reconciliation.Reed ...yearning for the fix,elation at the score,the rush as the drug floods his veins,the anguish of the short ride,time to get back in line to buy another ticket for the rollercoaster ride,yet again
@61lcp I do understand what you see in this song because I see it too, it's the song that played the moment I realised I loved my gf of three years already so I assure you it has this romantic meaning to me too... but still I think it can be looked at from different angles... and isn't that what makes Nick Cave such a good writer? Sorry for not being alive when it was released by the way... but I do have both songs on vinyl so I can turn out my laptop and pretend it's still the seventies
Fuck this motherfucker he makes it so fucking hard to listen to his music. I just can't believe how good he is. Why does some cunt like Katy Perry get to be on the Grammys on not Nick? Oh yeah well I guess he didn't want to play with someone like the Jonas Bros.
Man this is so hard to listen to Nick is so intense even in slow songs or weather its the Birthday Party. He's just pushing it all the time.
Great funeral song. A dirge.
codeblue5007 3 days ago
the best song i ,ve heard in my life
kk095 2 weeks ago
quanto fa male.........
soloxlu 2 weeks ago
When you're ready Leslie Ann Galloway, I'm here waiting for you.
TheLCWorks 1 month ago
Oh, MTV was for music?!
youknowsheshalfcrazy 1 month ago
DADA IS DEAD
DADAiseverywhere 1 month ago
@DADAiseverywhere DADA is ALIVE
korenaka 1 month ago
MR MARTIN CASEY
MONSTER BASSMAN!
rautoban 2 months ago
God, chills going all up and down my spine, goose bumps, all of it. Only half the beauty of this song is how it's played and how he sings it. The other half is the pure, unjaded sincerity in his voice. You don't even have to suspend any disbelief, you just know this shit's coming pure and direct right from his soul. Amazing, absolutely amazing.
MissHorrorshow666 2 months ago
Poss the greatest song of all time.It melts your heart,breathtakingly brilliant
ANDYTHEBHOY1 2 months ago
Beautifull...This one is for you Travis, in loving memory 1971 - 2011.
6211cherie 3 months ago
So Beautiful. But I have always found the word hard to sing along with as I do believe in God and I hate singing I don't believe in an interventionist GOD because I do. He intervenes for us and others when we pray according to his will. I have had 98% of my many prayers over the years answered exactly as i prayed them. Wasn't easy. But they were answered. Some took a very long time. HAD TO PRAY bigger matters through.
CeliaDWarrior 3 months ago
@CeliaDWarrior I'm an atheist and I love to sing this song :D
filrut 2 months ago
@CeliaDWarrior so you statistically analysed your prayer:answer ratio & came up with 98%? please...& if he/she is an interventionist god, then why the hell did he/she let the tsunami/volcano/bushfires/poverty/war/murders kill millions of people? including 'believers' like yourself?! religion is sooo out-dated it makes me laugh...please wake up, just like Nick Cave did...
pauleleftheriou 1 month ago in playlist nick cave
Too Beautiful for words.
CeliaDWarrior 3 months ago
Christopher Robin...... It was always you
Wayiusedtobe 4 months ago
Gettin' Square, excellent film, excellent sound track. Nick Class.
GreenmanXIV 4 months ago
LOVE IT!
MrBeachbag 4 months ago
Times when MTV wasn't full of shit.
wtfgtfoyt 4 months ago 5
♥ ღ
TooMuch108Music2 5 months ago
One of the few love songs I actually like, and boy does it make me grin like an idiot.
56kagogo 6 months ago
So profound and intimate.... just gorgeous words and music... one of my favourite songs ever, makes me feel so held and warm everytime I hear it, thank you nick!
MCSaleta 6 months ago 2
A great song writter, almost up their with Mr Paul Kelly. Another great artist..
robertjusher 7 months ago
This might very well be the ultimate love song. "I don't believe in an interventionist God. But I know that you do". Essentially he is willing to put his beliefs aside to be with a woman. Sums up everything I feel right now for a girl. It's amazing the power of a few chords and a few choice words can have...
HAADOOKEN 7 months ago 8
@HAADOOKEN ; a noble and beautiful comment my friend, a journey of the brave and your God shall walk beside you forever.
Peter2727x 4 months ago
makes me cry but i love it so very very much. Nick you are my hero.
erynne2011 8 months ago
This song is the epitome of inherent yearning. It's just absolutely beautiful and a work of art. There are just no artists akin to this man.
BlueVolcanix88 9 months ago
Nick Cave was addicted to Heroin in his late teens throughout his 20's when his father was killed in an automobile accident. But regardless, I do not believe that this song is about Heroin.
This is off the album "The Boatman's Call", which was written in memoir entirely to the breakup between him and P.J. Harvey (Not saying that they are solely about that, but that is what it pertains to).
BlueVolcanix88 9 months ago
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This has better lyrics than Rebecca´s Black Friday
diegoo77 10 months ago
This has better lyrics than Rebecca´s Black Friday
diegoo77 10 months ago
whenever I hear this as its going into the chorus its like its a realization. That pause hes trying to find something to say and it comes to him like a epiphany it just seems like its "ah...Into my arms" and in that way I get a sense of enjoyment as it goes into the chorus no matter how many times I hear it. he repeats it so its as if it comforts him...........so much can be read into this song I love it
khmaniac101 10 months ago 2
<3
willimusprime 10 months ago
SUper pesma. :DDD
MultiDane87 11 months ago 2
<3
SuperBewd 11 months ago
@koverm cave is too simple to write a love song to heroin. it's a simple love song with some religious imagery and overtones.
codeblue5007 1 year ago
beautiful!
Cenio111 1 year ago
@donkeypoopoo actually it was about how he wished his ex, PJ Harvey, would come back 'into his arms'
ShellyNu 1 year ago
..tocca il cuore
dalga1977 1 year ago
I know people associate this with sadness but he actually wrote it about the joy of his little boy.
donkeypoopoo 1 year ago
Yes, this is a great song especially after a half a bottle of Cointreau...
DangBoomhauer 1 year ago
F.ck you Nick Cave . You made me cry .
harddriwe 1 year ago 5
gen ius xxx
LENINPOUM 1 year ago
God I wish I lived that time MTV played good music. Now they just play shitty pop music all the time :(
AsiaFanNR1 1 year ago 28
@AsiaFanNR1
I know. I turned to VH1 ;)
Powiean 1 year ago
does anyone know how I get "nick cave - i put a spell on you" ?
MissStaleyHere 1 year ago
@MissStaleyHere mediafire/?5qyumbifsh4 ?
MansourtheAmazing 1 year ago
awww bless he didn't know what to say in the interview at the start lol.
I love this song <3
dragonash1993 1 year ago
we broke up today... sadness... absurdity...
Kivetica 1 year ago
I would sing this song to my girlfriend every night as she was going to sleep. Now I just hope the words are some kind of prayer that God can hear and answer for me because she has broken up with me over something so small. I want her back so bad it hurts. I love her.
TheLCWorks 1 year ago 21
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kemalika96 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
@TheLCWorks
enjoy the pain then
kemalika96 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
the best
somkiddy 1 year ago
Yes, he says this is my desire.
codeblue5007 1 year ago
Excelente me encanto!
LucreUllate 1 year ago
what is the last line he sings? I've never heard that before. I sounds like "this is my desire" ---anyone know?
lilyslimit 1 year ago
stop deleting his videos from youtube u fkin noobs!! i should say something more moderate i know, but it really sucks that youTUBE delete his videos....
blackfootnavajo 1 year ago
luv ya Nick!
passionfruitsponge 1 year ago
I love that man...
raaper30 1 year ago
damn... you can hear his heart breake in this song... :/
but it's beautiful... <3
RenegadeGirl434 1 year ago
I can't believe this was on mtv...
ah...beautiful as always :-)
FragileLittleAngel 1 year ago 3
least it means a great song reaches a new audience
donchuckles 1 year ago 4
yeah skins fans will be all over this with freddies death :( :L
xXIconiixXx 1 year ago 3
Prepare for the influx of Skin fans!
Kevmac82 1 year ago 6
@Kevmac82 Skins is also known for playing very good music in their show so if anything its a plus.
azzurro808 1 year ago 2
me separo y esta cancion es tan especial. bueno nadie dijo q vivir es facil.
TheDach79 1 year ago
ffffffff
TheDach79 1 year ago
Makes me think of a short and sweet reconciliation I had with my ex husband. He used to be Nick's PA and introduced me to his music. So I have one thing to thank him for, then *grin*
medusacascade66 2 years ago
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that and a loose vagina :D
mattydouglas 2 years ago
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medusacascade66 2 years ago
@mattydouglas lol
michaelmouse1 1 year ago
best song ever made
heinderave 2 years ago 2
one of the best songs ever
Pamicox 2 years ago
This song reminds me of my Grandad :(
Bukness07 2 years ago
The beautiful love song from The Zero Effect. Nick is an amazing writer..
rainkinggw 2 years ago
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volimbeatlese 2 years ago
he looks like a sylar from heroes
tnpingu 2 years ago
Love him
Love it
<3
KylieRocksX3 2 years ago 4
nick caves a good precher
jasperisnothere 2 years ago
que maravillosa canción! saludos desde argentina
fernandomontemarani 2 years ago 4
wonderful
indukantt 2 years ago 3
this song played at my grand dads funeral =(
Bukness07 2 years ago 113
i like this song, it's so beautiful!
Marikaatje 2 years ago 3
Sure it is!Een van zijn gold songs.
dafindam 2 years ago 3
love from sweden.. nick cave to the peoples hall of fame.
deninvigde 2 years ago 2
NICK CAVE Aussie legend!!
oribear 2 years ago 4
Nick Cave , amazing !!!!!! A true legend !!!!!
Superstarnl 2 years ago
heard this song in the film getting square,it was an awsome film and a fantastic song 5stars
topar999 2 years ago
absolute legend. and one of the coolest people ever!
NickBradfield 2 years ago 6
We just Love it!!
Greece loves this song.
debbybros 2 years ago
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aledgedley 2 years ago
Beautiful song,
Oh and on the comment regarding goth toss by the world acclaimed aledgedley...
you exposed yourself as a nob. goth?.. tut tut. Think before you share your views is the advice I would offer you. You are ignorant (obviously) and bitter inside. Maybe go outside and find something that will cheer you up.
Tbaldwin1971 2 years ago
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aledgedley 2 years ago
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aledgedley 2 years ago
such a beautiful song! I heard it in a movie the other day - the movie sucked, but this song is just awesome!!
linusvanpelt84 2 years ago
Nick Cave is an absolute legend of a man, this song is so epic in more ways than one!!! great,artist,muscisian and even movie writer!!! fuck yeah cave and the badseeds forever!!!!
anthraxchinwobble1 2 years ago 2
such a great song, a friend of mine asked me earlier if i had any thoughts on what song she could play for the first dance at her wedding.. for me this is the perfect song. I dont believe anyone has ever put into song the love one man can have for a woman as briliantly as Nick Cave has done in this song.
Fafonapili 2 years ago
i agree, with every year of my life i love him more and understand more about his feelings
MrBrownstone81 2 years ago 5
very talented man. i haven't really heard much of his work but that song is genius
kenster26 2 years ago 5
He's a genius, and the older i get the better he sounds ;)
RivieraBlue 2 years ago 6
beautiful!
lenniieeee 2 years ago 4
love the song.. amazing.. :*
Aneda1123 2 years ago 4
And I believe in some kind of path that we can walk down, me and you.
too beautiful, I don't remember ever hearing something so... art and skies and spring and knee high grass...
volimbeatlese 2 years ago 2
thank you for uploading this!!it's simply great!!
silkenrustling 2 years ago 3
Angel
karenckdk 2 years ago 2
I cant help but cry in happiness when i hear this song becasue nothing i have ever experienced in this world could ever describe the beauty and joy that comes with hearing these lyrics
Gdev02 2 years ago 72
@Gdev02 respect
NetApostle 1 year ago
@Gdev02 you might want to look at the lyrics again, and think about heroin use/addiction. interpretation is free of course, but look at it:
So keep your candle burning/And make her journey bright and pure --> cooking the heroin with a candle
Into my arms --> the injection itself
That she will keep returning/Always and evermore --> the addiction itself...
he has been addicted for several years, and it wouldn't be the only song he wrote about it...
but hey, I like to think it's about love too :)
koverm 1 year ago
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@koverm addiction and love are two sides of the same coin.
prilofx 1 year ago
@koverm
I'm sorry but I speak for most people here when I respectfully disagree with your interpretation. It is simply a love ditty about a girl with different beliefs to him. He wrote it in a church in Surrey. But if the song means that to you, feel free to enjoy it in your way.
Edoss1 1 year ago
@koverm I love your interpretation of this song. I'm an old girl and heard this song as differences in theological beliefs. Last year, nearly to the date, I had the misfortune of being advised that my 19 year old daughter was terminally ill (a "thankful" mishap of mental health) & every time I heard this song after that, it became a song of tribute after death. But the heroin additction now strikes a chord...
franni1971 9 months ago
@koverm a perfectly logical ,on the surface,dissection of the lyrics. But in reality you are taking a beautiful love song and cheapening it into a piece of trash...... you fail because 99% of the viewers disagree with you as do I.Personally I think your reading of it is almost perverse
61lcp 9 months ago
@61lcp perverse, and cheapening... listen to Heroin by Velvet Underground... Why would a song about something like that be bad... Cave has been a hardcore drug addict for 15 years so I don't think it's impossible. I'm not promoting heroin but if you hear about it in songs, movies and other media it's possible that addicts have such connection with their drug, it becomes their muse. So why would I fail with this interpretation...
koverm 8 months ago
@koverm Listen to Heroin by The Velvet Underground....Dude I was alive when it was released! You go back and listen to "Heroin",a great Lou Reed song in my opinion,and then sign back on and show me how musically,emphasis MUSICALLY, it relates to Cave's song of loss and yearning for reconciliation.Reed ...yearning for the fix,elation at the score,the rush as the drug floods his veins,the anguish of the short ride,time to get back in line to buy another ticket for the rollercoaster ride,yet again
61lcp 8 months ago
@61lcp I do understand what you see in this song because I see it too, it's the song that played the moment I realised I loved my gf of three years already so I assure you it has this romantic meaning to me too... but still I think it can be looked at from different angles... and isn't that what makes Nick Cave such a good writer? Sorry for not being alive when it was released by the way... but I do have both songs on vinyl so I can turn out my laptop and pretend it's still the seventies
koverm 8 months ago
@Gdev02 a beautiful state described beautifully! thanks!
butimar68 1 year ago
@Gdev02 Your grand dad must have been a great bloke to have had this played at his last party, mate.
smartkiltedman 5 months ago 3
Xd quiero verlo en vivo ...!!!!
chuchokid 2 years ago
GOD he has a sexy voice
GamerFromDuskTilDawn 2 years ago
the lyrics are extremely good, speachless !!
dalketier 2 years ago 6
incredibly touching
bebopdeluba 2 years ago 7
who cares about anything when there is shit this good in the world
brenmc 2 years ago 5
Fuck this motherfucker he makes it so fucking hard to listen to his music. I just can't believe how good he is. Why does some cunt like Katy Perry get to be on the Grammys on not Nick? Oh yeah well I guess he didn't want to play with someone like the Jonas Bros.
Man this is so hard to listen to Nick is so intense even in slow songs or weather its the Birthday Party. He's just pushing it all the time.
heretherenothing 3 years ago 7
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LonesomeMemories 2 years ago
announcement is extremely not nicklike, but obvioulsy extremely cool, he never disappoints, but.....he is a god, how could he
postawyzmiana 3 years ago
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postawyzmiana 3 years ago
Brilliant music, splendid lyrics. That's ART.
FeuerundWasser 3 years ago 7
Love love...
bellederouge 3 years ago