Featuring: Kylie Minogue

Songwriter: Nick Cave

I look at, I look at you
And you look at me too
And deep in our hearts we know it
I heard it on the news
You weren't much of a muse
But then I weren't much of a poet

I look at you
You look at me too
And deep in our hearts we know it
I heard it on the news
You weren't much of a muse
But I wasn't much of a poet

Remember when I kissed your lips when sleep was upon you
Your lips responded deep and divine
I kissed your lips when sleep was upon you
Then I awoke to the wreck of our age

But still your face comes shining through
I had a cigarette and I try to forget
But through my window a melody sing
Lone violin plan some fucking thing
From Ireland, and Scotland or Wales

Still your face comes shining through
Still your face comes shining through

It's a language of love that rises above

All knowledge and science and arts
It doesn't take much just to whisper and a touch
To thoroughly demolish my heart

Still your face comes shining through
Still your face comes shining through

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in Melbourne, Australia. For the first 6 months of their existence they went by ‘Nick Cave and the Cavemen’, but that moniker was replaced after the dissolution of their previous project The Birthday Party (originally called ‘The Boys Next Door’) whose last EP was titled The Bad Seed. The original lineup featured Nick Cave on vocals, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey (left the band in 2009), and guitarist Blixa Bargeld (left the band in 2003). Since then they’ve expanded their repertoire and now consist of virtuoso Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey on bass, Barry Adamson on keyboards, guitarist George Vjestica, and drummers Thomas Wydler and Jim Sclavunos.

Between 1983 and 1985, Record producer Flood worked on From Her To Eternity and The Firstborn Is Dead. During the creation of the latter the band was living in Germany, slightly vexing considering the complete infusion of gothic Southern Americana and blues.

1986-1988 saw two of their darkest works—Your Funeral My Trial and Tender Prey. Their first taste of fame coming from the ‘condemned man’ narrative in Tender Prey’s “The Mercy Seat”, an album Cave has described as “one long cry for help”.