"Conversion" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS

There was a little place in a pretty row
Where we mostly did not go
And next to the place in a field of trees
Were stones stacked on stones for ten centuries
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh

One time in the field in the middle of the night
An old god shambled beneath the sodium light
And the whole town gathered at the fence
With looks on their faces worse than grief itself
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ooh ooh

Now then, a girl across the street with long dark hair
Knelt among the stones and the mystical flare
And the old god drew her into him like a flame
I've never seen you so beautiful as that again

[Outro:]
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh (Oh)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh-oh
(Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh (Oh oh-oh oh oh)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh-oh
(Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(I never ever saw you so beautiful)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh-oh
(I was touched by the spirit, touched by the flame)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(I never ever really saw you so beautiful as that again)
Touched by the spirit and touched by the flame, oh-oh
(I was touched by the spirit and touched by the flame)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(And I never ever really ever saw you so beautiful again)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame
(Well that again, ah that again)
(And these voices they never ever stopped again)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(They never stopped again, ah and touched by the flame)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame
(And I never really ever hurt again)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(Oh, hurt again, not even ordinary pain, not even ordinary pain)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh
(Oh no, I never ever really ever ever ever hurt again)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(No not hurt again, ah not hurt again)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh
(Oh, you're beautiful, you're beautiful again)
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(You're beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful! You're beautiful!)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh
(Stop!) Stop! (Stop!) Stop! (Stop!) Stop! (Stop!) Stop!
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(You're beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh
(Beautiful again, ah again, oh touched by the flame)
Touched by the spirit, touched by the flame, oh
Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh (Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh oh)
Touched by the spirit