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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Performer
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Performer
Alessandro Ruisi
Alessandro Ruisi
Violin
Amy Carson
Amy Carson
Choir
Eloisa-Fleur Thom
Eloisa-Fleur Thom
Violin
Esmeralda Conde Ruiz
Esmeralda Conde Ruiz
Conductor
Hannah Cooke
Hannah Cooke
Choir
Luba Tunnicliffe
Luba Tunnicliffe
Viola
Luis Almau
Luis Almau
Acoustic Guitar
Max Ruisi
Max Ruisi
Cello
Nicholas Madden
Nicholas Madden
Choir
Sarah Dacey
Sarah Dacey
Choir
Timothy Dickinson
Timothy Dickinson
Choir
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Songwriter
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Producer
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The white hunter sits on his porch
With his elephant gun and his tears
He'll shoot you for free if you come around here
[Verse 2]
A protester kneels on the neck of a statue
The statue says I can't breathe
The protester says now you know how it feels and he kicks it into the sea
[Verse 3]
I am a Botticelli Venus with a penis
Riding an enormous scalloped fan
I'm a sea foam woman rising from the spray
And I'm coming to do you harm
With the gun in my pants full of elephant tears
And a seahorse on each arm
With my elephant gun of tears
I'll shoot you all for free
If you ever think about coming round here
I'll shoot you in the fucking face
If you think of coming around here
[Verse 4]
I'm an ice sculpture melting in the sun
I'm an ice sculpture with an elephant gun
I'm an ice sculpture made of elephant-sized tears
Raining gas and salt upon your heads
The president has called in the Feds
I've been planning this for years
I'll shoot you in the fucking face
If you think of coming around here
I'll shoot you for just for fun
I'm a statue lying on my side, in the sun
With the memory of an elephant
Evaporating before your eyes
Becoming a great grey cloud of wrath
Roaring my salt upon the earth
I'll shoot you all for free
If you so much as look at me
[Verse 5]
The time is coming
The time is nigh
For the kingdom
In the sky
[Verse 6]
Don't ask who
Don't ask why
There's a kingdom in the sky
We're all coming home
For a while
[Verse 7]
The time is coming
The time is nigh
For the kingdom in the sky
We're all coming home
For a while
[Verse 8]
The time is coming
The time is nigh
For the kingdom in the sky
We're all coming home
In a while
[Verse 9]
For Thomas H
Written by: Warren Ellis, Nick Cave
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