Christina The Astonishing Lyrics - Singles - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Christina, the Astonishing 

Lived a long, long time ago 

She was stricken with a seizure 

At the age of twenty-two 

They took her body in a coffin 

To a tiny church in Liege 

Where she sprang up from the coffin 

Just after the Agnus Dei 

She soared up to the rafters 

Perched on a beam up there 

Cried, "The stink of human sin 

The stink of human sin 

The stink is more that I can bear" 

And I said, "Oh, oh, oh" 

Christina, the Astonishing 

Was the most astonishing of all 

She prayed, balanced on a hurdle 

Or curled up into a ball 

She fled to remote places 

Climbed towers and trees and walls 

To escape the stench of corruption 

The stench of human corruption 

Into an oven, she did crawl 

And I said, "Oh, oh, oh" 

Christina, the Astonishing 

Behaved in a terrifying way 

She'd run wildly through the streets 

Jump in the Meusse and swim away 

Christina, the Astonishing 

Behaved in a terrifying manner 

She died at the age of seventy-four 

Died at the age of seventy-four 

In the convent of St. Anna 

And I said, "Oh, oh, oh"