Grief Came Riding — текст песни (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)

A grief came riding
On the wind
Up the sun on river Thames
I was sittin` on the bank with my mouth open
When I felt it entering

I began thinkin` about our wedding day
And how love was a vow
I was thinkin` about the chamber door
Only we can enter now

I began thinkin` about our ancient friends
And of kissin` them goodbye
And then the wind blew under Battersea bridge
And a tear broke from my eye

I started thinkin` about London
And nothing good ever came from this town
and if the Thames weren`t so filthy
I would jump in the river and drown

Don`t be afraid
Come on down
I`m just sittin` here
Thinking loud

NOW look THERE just blow the water
See the saviour of the human race
Where the fishes and the frogs
Has found his final resting place


Blowin` people far apart
Blowin` others so they collide
Blowin` some poor bastard right out of the water
blowin` another one over the side

Hear the ancient iron bridge
And listen to it groan
with the weight of a thousand people
Leavin` or returning home

To their failures
To their bordoms
To their husbands
And their wife`s
who are carving them up for dinner
before they even arrive

Don`t be afraid
Come on down
I`m just sittin` here
And thinkin` of love

And look they just blow the water
See the saviour of the human race
Where the fishes and the frogs
Has found his final resting place

Don`t be afraid
Come on down
I`m just sittin` here
Thinkin` of love