"Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
We were called to the forest... when we went down
A wind blew warm and eloquent
We were searching for the secrets of the universe...
And we rounded up demons and forced them to tell us what it all meant
We tied 'em to trees and broke them down one by one
And on a scrap of paper, they wrote these words...
And as we read them, the sun broke through the trees...
"Dread the passage of Jesus, for he will not return."
Then we headed back to our world and left the forest behind...
Our hearts singin' with all the knowledge of love
Then somewhere, somehow, we lost the message along the way...
And when we got home, we bought ourselves a house
And we bought a car that we did not use...
And we bought a cage and two singing birds...
And at night we'd sit and listen to the canary's song
For we'd both run right out of words...
Now the stars, they are all angled wrong...
And the sun and the moon refuse to burn
But I remember a message in a demon's hand
Dread the passage of Jesus for he does not return...
...he does not return...
...he does not return..
B-Sides & Rarities (Part I) (2005)
- Deanna (Acoustic Version)
- The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
- City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
- The Moon Is In The Gutter
- The Six Strings That Drew Blood
- Rye Whiskey
- Running Scared
- Black Betty
- Scum
- The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass
- The Train Song
- Cocks N' Asses
- Blue Bird
- Helpless
- God's Hotel
- (I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
- Cassiel's Song
- Tower Of Song
- What Can I Give You
- What A Wonderful World
- Rainy Night In Soho
- Lucy (Version #2)
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)
- Sail Away
- There's No Night Out In The Jail
- That's What Jazz Is To Me
- The Willow Garden
- The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
- King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
- Knoxville Girl
- Where The Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 1)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 2)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 3)
- O'Malley's Bar (Reprise)
- Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
- Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
- Little Empty Boat
- Right Now I'm A-Roaming
- Come Into My Sleep
- Black Hair (Band Version)
- Babe, I Got You Bad
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Opium Tea
- Grief Came Riding
- Bless His Ever Loving Heart
- Good Good Day
- Little Janey's Gone
- I Feel So Good
- Shoot Me Down
- Swing Low
- Little Ghost Song
- Everything Must Converge
- Nocturama
- She's Leaving You
- Under This Moon