Første sang er undsluppet fra Nick Cave’s Skeleton Tree, der udommer fredag i næste uge. At ‘Jesus Alone’ bærer tung vægt med sig er ingen overraskelse…

You fell from the sky
Crash landed in a field near the River Adur
Flowers spring from the ground
Lambs burst from the wombs of their mothers

In a hole beneath the bridge you convalesce
You fashion masks of clay and twigs
You cry beneath the dripping trees
Ghost song lodged in the throat of a mermaid

With my voice
I am calling you

You’re a young man waking
Covered in blood that is not yours
You’re a woman in a yellow dress
Surrounded by a charm of hummingbirds
You’re a young girl full of forbidden energy
Flickering in the gloom
You’re a drug addict lying on your back
In a Tijuana hotel room

With my voice
I am calling you
With my voice
I am calling you

You’re an African doctor
Harvesting tear ducts
You believe in God but you get no special dispensation for this belief now
You’re an old man sitting by a fire
You’re the mists rolling off the sea
You’re a distant memory in the mind of your creator
Don’t you see

With my voice
I am calling you
With my voice
I am calling you

Let us sit together
Until the moment comes

With my voice
I am calling you

Let us sit together in the dark
Until the moment comes

With my voice…

© Nick Cave