From Her to Eternity, 1984 Songtext
von Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

I wanna tell ya ′bout a girl
You know, she lives in Room 29
Why that's the one right up top a mine
I start to cry, ah start to cry-y
O I hear her walkin′
Walkin' barefoot cross the floorboards
All through this lonesome night
And I hear her crying too
Hot tears come splashin' down
Leakin′ through the cracks
Down upon my face, I catch ′em in my mouth
Catch 'em in my mouth, catch ′em in my mouth, I catch 'em in my mouth
Walk ′n' Cry, walk ′n' Cry-y
Walk 'n′ Cry, I walk ′n' Cry-y


From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
I read her diary on her sheets
Scrutinizin′ ev'ry li′l piece of dirt
Tore out a page 'n′ stufft it inside my shirt

I fled outta the window
And shinning it down the vine
Outta her nightmare and back into mine
Mine, O mine
From her to eternity
From her to eternity

Cry! Cry! Cry!
Cry! Cry! Cry!
She's wearin' them bloo-stockens, I bet!
And standin′ like this with my ear to the ceiling
Listen, I know it must sound absurd
But I can hear the most melancholy sound

I ever heard!
Walk ′n' Cry! Walk ′n' Cry!
Kneel ′n' Cry-y! Kneel ′n' Cry-y!
From her to eternity
From her to eternity


Oh, tell me why
Why, tell me why-hy-y
Tell me why, don't tell me a lie

Why the ceiling still shakes? (shake, shake, shake)
Why the fixtures turn to serpents and snakes?
This desire to possess her is a wound
And it′s naggin′ at me like a shrew
But I know, that to possess her
Is, therefore, not to desire her
O o o that lil girl would just have to go (go)
To eternity, to eternity
Go! Go! Go!
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity