THE FOLLOWING LYRICS represents
some of Nick's " finest " poetic writing for me
" And the wind it bit bitter
For a boy of no means
With no shoes on his feet
And a knife in his jeans."
Lyric: ( above ) taken from the song
" THE LOOM OF THE LAND "
on the album ' HENRY'S DREAM '...
Available on Mute Records.
#1." All the towers of ivory are crumbling
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks
This is the time of our great undoing
This is the time that I'll come running
Straight to you..."
taken from 'Straight to you'
( Henry's Dream )
#2." We watched our friends grow up together
and we saw them as they fell,some fell into heaven
and some fell into hell."
(from ' Rainy Night in Soho ' )
#3." In a clap-board shack with a roof of tin
Where the rain came down and leaked within
A young Mother frozen on a concrete floor
With a bottle and a box and a candle
of straw Tupelo ! O Tupelo !!
With a bundle and a box and a candle of straw "
( 'Tupelo' from " The First Born Is Dead )
#4." We talk about it all night long
We define our moral ground
But when I crawl into your arms
Everything comes tumbling down "
( taken from ' The Ship Song ')
on the album The Good Son
#5." Her bleached and hungry eyes
Her hair was like a curtain
Falling open with the laughter
And closing with the lies."
Taken from ' Papa Won't Leave You,Henry 'from
Henry's Dream - on Mute Records.
Into My Arms lyrics
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candlew burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? lyrics
I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near
I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here
Are you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
As you've been moving surely toward me
My soul has comforted and assured me
That in time my heart it will reward me
And that all will be revealed
So I've sat and I've watched an ice-age thaw
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built
Out of longing great wonders have been willed
They're only little tears, darling, let them spill
And lay your head upon my shoulder
Outside my window the world has gone to war
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
O we will know, won't we?
The stars will explode in the sky
O but they don't, do they?
Stars have their moment and then they die
There's a man who spoke wonders though I've never met him
He said, "He who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in"
I think of you in motion and just how close you are getting
And how every little thing anticipates you
All down my veins my heart-strings call
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?