Anthrocene Lyrics - Nick Cave

All the fine winds gone 

And this sweet world is so much older 

Animals pull the night around their shoulders 

Flowers fall to their naked knees 

Here I come now, here I come 

I hear you been out there looking for something to love 

The dark force that shifts at the edge of the tree 

It's alright, it's alright 

When you turn so long and lovely, it's hard to believe 

That we're falling now in the name of the Anthrocene 

All the things we love, we love, we love, we lose 

It's our bodies that fall when they try to rise 

And I hear you been looking out for something to love 

Sit down beside me and I'll name it for you 

Behold, behold 

The heaven bound sea 

The wind cast its shadow and moves for the tree 

Behold the animals and the birds and the sky entire 

I hear you been out there looking for something to set on fire 

The head bow children fall to their knees 

Humbled in the age of the Anthrocene 

Here they come now, here they come 

Are pulling you away 

There are powers at play more forceful than we 

Come over here and sit down and say a short prayer 

A prayer to the air, the air that we breathe 

And the astonishing rise of the Anthrocene 

Come on now, come on now 

Hold your breath while you're safe 

It's a long way back and I'm begging you please 

To come home now, come home now 

Well, I heard you been out looking for something to love 

Close your eyes, little worm 

And brace yourself