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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Warren Ellis
Songwriter
Nick Cave
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Producer
Warren Ellis
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I lay in the forest amongst the butterflies and the fireflies
And the burning horses and the flaming trees
As a spiral of children climb up to the sun, waving goodbye to you
And goodbye to me as the past pulls away and the future begins
I say goodbye to all that as the future rolls in, like a wave, like a wave
And the past with its savage undertow, let's go
[Verse 2]
Come on everyone, come on everyone
A spiral of children climbs up to the sun
To the sun, to the sun, and on each golden rung
A spiral of children climbs up to the sun
[Verse 3]
And a man called Jesus
He promised he would leave us with a word that would light up the night
Oh the night, but the stars hang from threads and blink off one by one
And it isn't any fun no it isn't any fun to be standing here alone with nowhere to be with a man mad with grief
And on each side a thief and everybody hanging from a tree
From a tree, and everybody hanging from a tree
[Verse 4]
Come on everyone, come on everyone
A spiral of children climbs up to the sun
To the sun, to the sun, taking everyone
A spiral of children climbs up to the sun
[Verse 5]
There is nothing more valuable than beauty, they say
There is nothing more valuable than love and I lie amongst the leaves
And the burning trees and the fields of smoke and the black butterflies
And the screaming horses and your bright green eyes so beautiful, your bright green eyes, so beautiful
[Verse 6]
I am here
Beside you
Look for me
In the sun
I am beside you
I am within
In the sunshine
In the sun
Written by: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis