Nick Cave - As I Sat Sadly by her Side from No More Shall We Part

As I sat sadly by her side
At the window, through the glass
She stroked the kitten in her lap
And we watched the world as it fell past
Softly she spoke the words to me
And with brand new eyes, open wide
We pressed our faces to the glass
As I sat sadly by her side

She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother,
Uncle, aunt, and nephew, niece,
Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, and
Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest,
Earth and moon and sun and stars
And planets and comets with tails blazing
All are there forever falling,
Falling lovely and amazing"

As I sat sadly by her side
The kitten she did gently pass
Over to me and again we pressed
Our different faces to the glass
"That may be very well," I said
"But watch the one falling in the street
See him gesture to his neighbours
And see him trampled beneath their feet
All outward motion connects to nothing
For each is concerned with their immediate need
Witness the man reaching up from the gutter
See the other one stumbling on who can not see"
 Then she drew the curtains down
And said, "When will you ever learn
That what happens there beyond the glass
Is simply none of your concern?
God has given us just one heart
We are not a home for the hearts of our brothers
And God don't care for your benevolence
Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others
Nor does he care for you to sit
At your windows in judgement of the world He created
While sorrow piles up around you
Ugly, useless and over-inflated"

Then she turned her head away
Great tears leaping from her eyes
I could not wipe the smile from my face
As I sat sadly by her side



Lyrics by Nick Cave.
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