Cover art for Jesus of the Moon by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Jesus of the Moon

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Jesus of the Moon Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I Stepped out of the St. James hotel
And I left you behind curled up like a child

A change is gonna come
And as the door whispered shut
I walked on down the high-windowed hall
You lay sleeping on the unmade bed
The weatherman on the television in the St. James hotel aid
That the rains are gonna come
And I stepped out on the streets
All sparkling clean with the early morning dew

[Chorus 1]
Maybe it was you or maybe it was me?
You came on like a punch in the heart
Lying there with the light on your hair
Like a Jesus of the moon
A Jesus of the planets and the stars


[Verse 2]
Well, I kept thinking about what the weatherman said
And if the voices of the living can be heard by the dead
Well, the day is gonna come when we find out
And in some kind of way I take a little comfort from that
Now and then

Cause people often talk about being scared of change
But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same

Cause the game is never won
By standing in any one place
For too long

[Chorus 2]
Maybe it was you or maybe it was me?
But there was a chord in you that I could not find to strike

You lying there with all the light in your hair
Like a Jesus of the moon
A Jesus of the planets and the stars
Oh Yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I see the many girls walking down the empty streets
Maybe once or twice one of them smiles at me
You can't blame anyone for saying hello
I say hey, I say hello, I say hello


[Chorus 3]
Will it be me or will it be you?
One must stay and one must depart
You lying there in the St. James hotel bed
Like a Jesus of the moon
A Jesus of the planets and the stars

[Outro]
I say hello... hello... hello...

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