Nick Cave and Dirty Three: Time Jesum Transeuntum X-Files Hidden Track - Best Audio

"Dread the passage of Jesus, for he will not return." Time Jesum Transeuntum set to images of the crucifixion

It can be found on a collection called "Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files."

Nick Cave's finest piece of religious music. This is an atheist anthem. Jesus was mortal. He does not return.

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[mjmcnult]

Let it be noted that there were 111 likes before the first dislike.

[Keljeck]

Actually, "Dread the passage of Jesus for he will not return" was a line repeated by monks in the Middle Ages. It meant that when Jesus comes, you need to seek the chance.

Note that after the demons write the message, and he leaves the forest, he forgets the message. Settles down into a quiet suburban life, and realizes all too late.

Nick Cave may not be a conventional Christian, but he is far from Atheist. Listen to his lecture "The Flesh Made Word/The Secret Life of the Love Song."

[xxtaxidermyxx]

at the end, he says "he does not return. he has not returned." this is a song about futility, not resurrection.

[nicktaxidermy]

@quietbassist well, if the demons are real, I would agree with you, but I think it's really all sort of a metaphor for the lessons the world teaches us, and how we forget them.

[lithiumm]

and instead of tending to their love they begin occupying themselves with material things such as cars and houses.They arrive at a point where they have nothing left to say to each other. Everything has gone wrong and is a mess, and the lyrical "I" realizes that he has neglected the message and has, in fact, let love pass him by, and now it will not return.

[Majic490]

Further to that without 0 many other numbers would cease to exist...

[eyewall41]

0 is also a number

[quietbassist]

@mjmcnult I do not wish to engage in a discussion about the existence or not of supernatural beings or theology. But how can a song that narrates an encounter with demons be atheistic? Specially when the demons are saying that Jesus won't return (a sentence that implies that he has been here before).

[OhPenSezMe]

Like finding a musical holy grail.

[OhPenSezMe]

Nothing better than this ..... can't stop listening .....