Oh My Lord Lyrics - No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I thought I'd take a walk today 

It's a mistake I sometimes make 

My children lay asleep in bed 

My wife lay wide-awake 

I kissed her softly on the brow 

I tried not to make a sound 

But with stony eyes she looked at me 

And gently squeezed my hand 

Call it a premonition, call it a crazy vision 

Call it intuition, something learned from mother 

But when she looked up at me, I could clearly see 

The Sword of Damocles hanging directly above her 

Oh Lord Oh my Lord 

Oh Lord 

How have I offended thee? 

Wrap your tender arms around me 

Oh Lord Oh Lord 

Oh My Lord 

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They called at me through the fence 

They were not making any sense 

They claimed that I had lost the plot 

Kept saying that I was not 

The man I used to be 

They held their babes aloft 

Threw marsh mellows at the Security 

And said that I'd grown soft 

Call it intuition, call it a creeping suspicion, 

But their words of derision meant they hardly knew me 

For even I could see in the way they stared at me 

The Spear of Destiny sticking right through me 

Oh Lord Oh my lord 

Oh Lord 

How have I offended thee? 

Wrap your tender arms round me 

Oh Lord Oh lord 

Oh My Lord 

Now I'm at the hairdressers 

People watch me as they move past 

A guy wearing plastic antlers 

Presses his bum against the glass 

Now I'm down on my hands and knees 

And it's so fucking hot! 

Someone cries, "What are you looking for?" 

I scream, "The plot, the plot!" 

I grab my telephone, I call my wife at home 

She screams, "Leave us alone!" I say, "Hey, it's only me" 

The hairdresser with his scissors, he holds up the mirror 

I look back and shiver; I can't even believe what I can see 

Be mindful of the prayers you send 

Pray hard but pray with care 

For the tears that you are crying now 

Are just your answered prayers 

The ladders of life that we scale merrily 

Move mysteriously around 

So that when you think you're climbing up, man 

In fact you're climbing down 

Into the hollows of glamour, where with spikes and hammer 

With telescopic camera, they chose to turn the screw 

Oh I hate them, Ma! Oh I hate them, Pa! 

Oh I hate them all for what they went and done to you 

Oh Lord Oh my Lord 

Oh Lord 

How have I offended thee? 

Wrap your tender arms round me 

Oh Lord Oh Lord 

Oh My Lord