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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus Spell

Contributors

  • ISRC:GBAJH0401577
  • Recorded:2004 Studio Ferber - Paris, FR
  •  ©2004 Mute Records Under Exclusive License To Anti Inc.
  • Vocals, Piano:Nick Cave
  • Guitar:Mick Harvey
  • Violin, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Flute:Warren Ellis
  • Bass:Martyn P. Casey
  • Piano:Conway Savage
  • Organ:James Johnston
  • Drums:Jim Sclavunos
  • Drums:Thomas Wydler

Lyrics

Through the woods, and frosted moors
Past the snow-caked hedgerows I
Bed down upon the drifting snow
Sleep beneath the melting sky
I whisper all your names
I know not where you are
But somewhere, somewhere, somewhere here
Upon this wild abandoned star

And I'm full of love
And I'm full of wonder
And I'm full of love
And I'm falling under
Your spell

I have no abiding memory
No awakening, no flaming dart
No word of consolation
No arrow through my heart
Only a feeble notion
A glimmer from afar
That I cling to with my fingers
As we go spinning wildly through the stars

And I'm full of love
And I'm full of wonder
And I'm full of love
And I'm falling under
Your spell

The wind lifts me to my senses
I rise up with the dew
The snow turns to streams of light
The purple heather grows anew
I call you by your name
I know not where you are
But somehow, somewhere, sometime soon
Upon this wild abandoned star

And I'm full of love
And I'm full of wonder
And I'm full of love
And I'm falling under
Your spell