Jack’s Shadow Lyrics

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
They dragged Jack and his shadow
From the hole
And the bulb that burned above him
Did shine both day and night
And his shadow learned to love his
Little darks and greater light

[Chorus]
And the sun it shined
And the sun it shined
And the sun it shined
A little stronger
A little stronger

[Verse 2]
Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye"
Spat from their dirty dungeons
Into a fully different din
Shat from their institutions
Into a truly different din
And his shadow soon became a wife
And children plagued his latter life
Until one night he took a skinning knife
And stole into the town
And Jack tracked his shadow down

[Verse 3]
Said the shadow to Jack Henry
"Oh what's wrong?"
Jack said "A home is not a hole"
"And shadow, you're just a gallows that I hang my body from"
"Oh Shadow, you're a shackle from which my time is never done"
Then he peeled his shadow off in strips
He peeled his shadow off in strips
Then he kneeled his shadow on some steps
And cried "What have I done?"

[Chorus]
Yeah the sun it shined
Oh the sun it shined
I say "Love is blind"
"And is it any wonder?"
"Is it any wonder?"

[Verse 4]
Jack and his damned shadow
Is gone
And though each one of us are want to duly mourn
Yes, and though each one of us are want to duly mourn
'Tis done in brighter corners now
'Tis done in brighter corners now
It's done in brighter corners now
That Jack's black shadow's gone
Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone

[Chorus]
Yeah, the sun it shines
I said sun it shines
Yeah, the sun it shines
Is it any wonder?
Is it any wonder?
That love is blind
I said love is blind
I said love is blind
A little stronger
A little stronger
'Tis done in brighter corners now
'Tis done in brighter corners now
'Tis done in brighter corners now
That Jack's black shadow's gone
Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone
And I swear love is blind
Yeah, love is blind
Yeah, love is blind
And who can blame our bloody blunders
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh the sun it shined
Oh the sun it shined
The sun it shined
But when? I can't remember
I can't remember

[Outro]
But it's done in brighter corners now
It's done in brighter corners now
It's done in brighter corners now
It's done in brighter corners now
It's done in brighter corners now
Jack's black shadow's gone
Jack's black shadow's gone
Jack's black shadow's gone
Jack's black shadow's gone
Jack's black shadow's gone

© 2024 Lyricenter.com