Stranger Than Kindness
Original by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cover by Fever Ray
Stranger than kindness
Bottled light from hotels
Spilling everything
Wet hand from the volcano
Sobers your skin
Stranger than Kindness
You caress yourself
And grind my soft cold bones below
Your map of desire
Burned in your flesh
Even a fool can come
A strange lit stair
And find a rope hanging there
Stranger than kindness
Keys rain like heaven's hair
There is no home there is no bread
We sit at the gate and scratch
The gaunt fruit of passion
Dies in the light
Stranger than kindness
Your sleeping hands journey
The loiter
Stranger than kindness
You hold me so carelessy close
Tell me I'm dirty
Stranger than kindness
I am a stranger
I am a stranger
To kindness
I didn't choose this song because it has any particular relevance in my current life. I chose it because certain phrases are strangely reminiscent of moments that have stuck with me for some inexplicable reason, moments I've been thinking about recently. The lyrics also remind me of the kind of emotional disturbance I have experienced that is at once agonizing and brilliantly beautiful. Plus, the music video is absolutely gorgeous!
Anybody know how to make the video work in blogger? I've been fighting with it for an hour.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Thank you for participating darling! :)
ReplyDeleteOh btw, fixed the linky and added your post! :)
ReplyDeleteHow did you fix it? *pout*
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to a lot of Nick Cave, but there is one song I used to have that I loved. I've since lost it and can't remember the name. I just know it wasn't that one. Kind of creepy actually but really cool.
ReplyDeleteI fixed the linky on my page, and then added you to it. LOL
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