Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Gates To The Garden

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Gates To The Garden

Album: No More Shall We Part (2001)

Lyrics:

Past the ivy-covered windows of
The Angel
Down Athenaeum Lane to the cathedral
Through the churchyard I wandered
Sat for a spell there and I pondered
My back to the gates of the garden
My back to the gates of the garden
My back to the gates of the garden

Fugitive fathers, sickly infants, decent mothers
Runaways and suicidal lovers
Assorted boxes of ordinary bones
Of aborted plans and sudden shattered hopes
In unlucky rows, up to the gates of the garden
In unhappy rows, up to the gates of the garden
In unlucky rows, up to the gates of the garden

Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
To the garden

Beneath the creeping shadow of the tower
The bell from St. Edmunds informs me of the hour
I turn to find you waiting there for me
In sunlight and I see the way that you breathe
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden

Leave these ancient places to the angels
Let the saints attend to their keeping of the cathedrals
And leave the dead beneath the ground so cold
For God is in this hand that I hold
As we open up the gates of the garden

Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates

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[markobegus]

For God is in the hand I hold. It takes Nick Cave to see how soules my fragile live is. I love that man!

[paopit]

<3  grazie per averla messa

[TheSodiumhaze]

Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. Thats what this song is about, he stayed at the Angel hotel. Its such a wonderful a place this song really sums it up. It was the first place i visited when i moved down here!

[shepanrontyron]

I hopelessly love this song but I really don't think the picture fits!

[grinderman77]

For years I thought this would be the perfect song for my funerals. Now it's a toss up between this song and Pyramid Song by Radiohead. Regardless, Nick wrote one amazing song when he penned this one. The McGarigal sisters also add a sweet touch with their haunting background vocals. Sadly one of them passed away not too long ago. RIP.