As I Sat Sadly By Her Side Lyrics - No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

As I sat sadly by her side 

At the window, through the glass 

She stroked a kitten in her lap 

And we watched the world as it fell past 

Softly she spoke these words to me 

And with brand new eyes, open wide 

We pressed our faces to the glass 

As I sat sadly by her side 

She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother, 

Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, 

Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer, 

Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest 

Earth and moon and sun and stars 

Planets and comets with tails blazing 

All are there forever falling 

Falling lovely and amazing" 

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Then she smiled and turned to me 

And waited for me to reply 

Her hair was falling down her shoulders 

As I sat sadly by her side 

As I sat sadly by her side 

The kitten she did gently pass 

Over to me and again we pressed 

Our indifferent faces to the glass 

"That may be very well", I said 

"But watch the one falling in the street 

See him gesture to his neighbours 

See him trampled beneath their feet 

All outward motion connects to nothing 

For each is concerned with their immediate need 

Witness the man reaching up from the gutter 

See the other one stumbling on who can not see" 

With trembling hand I turned toward her 

And pushed the hair out of her eyes 

The kitten jumped back to her lap 

As I sat sadly by her side 

Then she drew the curtains down 

And said, "When will you ever learn 

That what happens there beyond the glass 

Is simply none of your concern? 

God has given you but one heart 

You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers 

And God don't care for your benevolence 

Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others 

Nor does he care for you to sit 

At windows in judgement of the world He created 

While sorrows pile up around you 

Ugly, useless and over-inflated" 

At which she turned her head away 

Great tears leaping from her eyes 

I could not wipe the smile from my face 

As I sat sadly by her side