Nil By The Nest Lyrics

Tell me not in mournful numbers"Life is but an empty dream"For the soul is dead that slumbersThings are not what they seemLife is real, life is earnestAnd the grave is not its goal...Read Full Lyrics

Talking to the butcher and not to the block makes speaking all easyIt takes my lotPicks the bones and talks like a bookwith no leaves in its spine, in its spineTake the fire poker ...Read Full Lyrics

Like no warm fish is meUp-spouted by a whale in airCan't see nothing, break it upFlick gone like my sight it fucked.Slick me skidding up the path.Smash Jack, he's got all the blood...Read Full Lyrics

The boat of danger peril calls.Rowing quick time from heavy falls.Clasp with a quiverEscape from the riverThe falls dragging under the rocks.Pick a number.Lucky one stop watery gra...Read Full Lyrics

Bears a child, half heaven, half earthFalls from heavenly tree, then birthStrange upheaving, side-lunging stridesChrist alive, I can't be eat"Best to guard I," was the cry"Guard ag...Read Full Lyrics

Waters and wild winds left no one to seeNo one's lived there since 1853Mild shine and silence is not what it seemsBlack and white shadows of women and menDon't bother me and I don'...Read Full Lyrics

God's good, the devil is badHe always gives me moneyNever setting things on fire, never badDon't have to hide your money in your handGod's good, the devil is badHe always gives me ...Read Full Lyrics

Laugh, I thought I should have diedLay of the landLeader of men and follower of womenPlease catch your hair on fireThe fleets all lit up, flags flame on fireUp in Annie's room sail...Read Full Lyrics

After she took all the anti-strife is when he sailed through air.When she took her lovers life, she flew him down the stairs.Misery sent to the corner of sin,Hides the sickly sight...Read Full Lyrics