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It's kind of obvious, to those in the know, but Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' 'Lay Me Low' is the greatest funeral song of all time. Lyrics ahoy:
They're gonna lay me low
They're gonna sink me in the snow
They're gonna throw back their heads and crow
When I go
They're gonna jump and shout
They're gonna wave their arms about
All the stories will come out
When I go
All the stars will glow bright
And my friends will give up the fight
They'll see my work in a different light
When I go
They'll try telephoning my mother
But they'll end up getting my brother
Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover
That I hardly know
Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And I'll show you how it works
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now don't care how
Take your final bow
Make a stand
Take my hand
And blow it all to hell
They gonna inform the police chief
Who'll breathe a sigh of relief
He'll say I was a malanderer, a badlanderer, and a thief
When I go
They will interview my teachers
Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures
There'll print informative six-page features
When I go
They'll bang a big old gong
The motorcade will be ten miles long
The world will join together for a farewell song
When they put me down below
They'll sound a flugelhorn
And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm
All man and beast will mourn
When I go
Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And we can watch this damn thing turn
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now Do it now
Take a long last bow
Take my hand
Make a stand
And blow it all to hell
Lay me low...
When I go...
No, I'm not sure what a malanderer or a badlanderer are. Overwrought, piss-taking, self-deprecating, wry... oh, and it's a massively melodramatic torch song, for those who haven't heard it... |
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