 The Boatman's Call (1997) [ larger cover art ] |
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I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near
I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here
Are you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
As you've been moving surely toward me
My soul has comforted and assured me
That in time my heart it will reward me
And that all will be revealed
So I've sat and I've watched an ice-age thaw
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built
Out of longing great wonders have been willed
They're only little tears, darling, let them spill
And lay your head upon my shoulder
Outside my window the world has gone to war
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
O we will know, won't we?
The stars will explode in the sky
O but they don't, do they?
Stars have their moment and then they die
There's a man who spoke wonders though I've never met him
He said, "He who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in"
I think of you in motion and just how close you are getting
And how every little thing anticipates you
All down my veins my heart-strings call
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here
Are you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
As you've been moving surely toward me
My soul has comforted and assured me
That in time my heart it will reward me
And that all will be revealed
So I've sat and I've watched an ice-age thaw
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built
Out of longing great wonders have been willed
They're only little tears, darling, let them spill
And lay your head upon my shoulder
Outside my window the world has gone to war
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
O we will know, won't we?
The stars will explode in the sky
O but they don't, do they?
Stars have their moment and then they die
There's a man who spoke wonders though I've never met him
He said, "He who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in"
I think of you in motion and just how close you are getting
And how every little thing anticipates you
All down my veins my heart-strings call
Are you the one that I've been waiting for?
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 18:25 Neil Young's Evil Twin! Way to put it, Bill — I was just thinking, looking at that cover, Hey, that reminds me of the glare Neil gives off on After the Gold Rush... By the way, many of my British friends have often been surprised that I have known about Nick Cave for so long already, and Thanks, because RP is the reason! |
| rivermantengo (NYC) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 09:21 March 29th at The Beacon Theater, NYC! Can't wait!! |
| richlister | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 00:39 Sounds more like Massive Attack, but hey, who am I to comment. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 00:39 Have just upped this from a 7 to a 9. Beautiful, melancholy, .... cannot think of the right adjectives. |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 14:46 A new orchestration would have a darker mood... more bass and maybe a cello...But the lyrics and melody would hold...Yeah, only 15 years old...But new century new sounds.. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 08:40 kingart wrote: Nice song. I'm not too familiar with Nick. I always thought of him, perhaps wrongly or inaccurately, as a graduate of the NYC CBGB crowd. The only song by him that I own is on the multi-artist soundtrack of Until The End of the World, an early '90s Wim Wenders film. ....and that is a wonderful soundtrack - some incredible tracks by many incredible artists! Soundtrack is better than the film. Before NC was solo he was in a punk|hardcore band called "The Birthday Party" which has some great tunes if your inclined to the intensity of that type of music. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 15:07 Nice song. I'm not too familiar with Nick. I always thought of him, perhaps wrongly or inaccurately, as a graduate of the NYC CBGB crowd. The only song by him that I own is on the multi-artist soundtrack of Until The End of the World, an early '90s Wim Wenders film. |
| foothillfreak (Salt Lake City) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 14:59 Uh May Zing, just what I needed right now... |
| oppositelock (On the road) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 15:28 You can't turn all the awards down: Awards and honours 2012 Doctor of Letters, an honorary degree from the University of Brighton.<57> |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 13:26 Oooh Nick Cave, you're such a litmus test for cool. Seriously though, can somebody tell me if his coolness is derived from the quality of his music or are these two qualities inextricably mixed? |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 10:22 i had no idea Mr. Cave could sing. I love his music, but i rarely think of his vocals as 'singing'... this is incredible |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 10:22 AcesUp wrote: Nick Cave Letter to MTV awards: I AM IN COMPETITION WITH NO-ONE. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MUSE IS A DELICATE ONE AT THE BEST OF TIMES AND I FEEL THAT IT IS MY DUTY TO PROTECT HER FROM INFLUENCES THAT MAY OFFEND HER FRAGILE NATURE. http://www.nick-cave.com/mtv/mtv.shtml Awesome! Though I am surprised that MTV and its viewers have good enough taste to award Mr. Cave anything. |
| AcesUp (Athens, Georgia) | Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 09:01 Nick Cave Letter to MTV awards: I AM IN COMPETITION WITH NO-ONE. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MUSE IS A DELICATE ONE AT THE BEST OF TIMES AND I FEEL THAT IT IS MY DUTY TO PROTECT HER FROM INFLUENCES THAT MAY OFFEND HER FRAGILE NATURE. http://www.nick-cave.com/mtv/mtv.shtml |
| thefoodoflove (Sydney) | Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 12:46 Poetry emotion. |
| Dave_Mack (Making like a saw and coping) | Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 17:11 This IS a pretty one. |
| gabrielle7nt (finally over the hump) | Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 17:10 Beautiful. |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 08:36 A brilliant album throughout. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 08:34 All Nick Cave good.  |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 15:49 Didn't Bonnie Tyler cover this? No? Why does it seem so bizarrely familiar?? |
| kentbigdog (from my bathroom) | Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 10:29 A little ho-hum for my taste. zzzzzzz. |
| vaiodon (Halfway to Paradise) | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 01:32 vaiodon wrote: Should've taken a moment to compliment Mr Cave on this one as he waited in the next checkout queue (line) to me in Waitrose a little while ago.  First, I do apologise if you have just recieved two, or three empty, messages - my browser was opening new pages then immediately stepping back to last link... Good spot but my shopping trip wasn't as a local. On that day, last November, when I shopped in Waitrose on Western Rd I was on my way from Gatwick to visit at a friend's home on Shoreham Beach. I did live, further west along the coast, in Sompting but moved away in 1992. I recall that Nick Cave had a large bunch of brussel sprouts. By coincidence, I'm heading that way again this weekend. You do meet an interesting bunch on RP, I had another message from a fellow listener who thought I lived nearby as my location tag is "Halfway to Paradise" - he lived between Chico and Paradise in California and made some connection between me and the town of Chico. That tag is more of an allusion to the music magazine show aired on Channel 4 abt 20 years ago, it also had that eclectic thread running through. Rgds Don |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 10:04 vaiodon wrote: Should've taken a moment to compliment Mr Cave on this one as he waited in the next checkout queue (line) to me in Waitrose a little while ago. Really? He was behind me at Nero's the other month. He does get about that Mr Cave. |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 09:58 DaveInVA wrote: Sounds better than the usual Nick Seed and the Bad Caves. I can actually listen to this.... Did you actually put effort into that play on words? |
| vaiodon (Halfway to Paradise) | Posted: Apr 04, 2010 - 07:10 Should've taken a moment to compliment Mr Cave on this one as he waited in the next checkout queue (line) to me in Waitrose a little while ago. |
| jhorton | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 17:46 That's a beautiful song for such a young man to have written. Think I'll have to learn that one, thanks Bill. I give it a solid 9. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 09:31 Sounds better than the usual Nick Seed and the Bad Caves. I can actually listen to this.... |
| danagle (Sarasota, FL) | Posted: Jul 26, 2009 - 07:52 Grrr. ITunes doesn't have this album. |
| ch83575 | Posted: Jul 26, 2009 - 07:45 This song made me think: we don't get as much Nick Cave as we used to here at RP... too bad really, I like just about everything he does. |
| zipper | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 13:14 SweTex wrote: First CD I sent to my (now) wife here in the States while I was still living in Sweden...Nice memories. Beautiful way to sweep her off her feet.  |
| Stave (San Francisco) | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 13:14 A solid 10 if there ever was one. One of Nick's best, and that's saying a lot. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 13:11 Excelsior wrote: This incredible album, and this song in particular, is what introduced me to Nick Cave. Same here. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 13:10 First CD I sent to my (now) wife here in the States while I was still living in Sweden...Nice memories. |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 10:49 Holy crap! It's a Nick Cave song I can actually put up with! This isn't too bad...not the best thing I've heard, but I didn't mute it like I do a lot of his other stuff. |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Jun 25, 2008 - 05:39 This song is so nice. Hard to imagine as ugly a mug as Nick Cave singing it :) |
| rvontha (Erie, PA) | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 07:11 Excelsior wrote: This incredible album, and this song in particular, is what introduced me to Nick Cave.
I agree! This album is just fantastic. I read a review of this album in the New Yorker after I got the CD and my favorite line in it went something like this: "If Nick Cave is capable of creating an album like this why was he yelling at us for all those years?" |
| Excelsior | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 07:08 This incredible album, and this song in particular, is what introduced me to Nick Cave. |
| pearmax (Mar del Plata, Argentina) | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:19 Especial para un día como hoy 19 de diciembre de 2007 |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:19 pretty nice! I'm not very familiar with him or his work, but he has a very nice voice. |
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: Nov 06, 2007 - 06:35 What a lovely song!  |
| heeb (Gateshead (Newcastle), United Kingdom) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 09:53 Cool! Nice atmosphere. |
| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 21:50 I've noticed that Nick Cave fans are largely divided in their opinion of this album. Personally, I rate it among my favourite, but I can see why some would rather his harder, louder, grittier work. |
| Gribnif | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 07:39 I'm with the people who consider this song snoozeworthy. I'd much rather hear more of Cave's edgier stuff. |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 07:35 I know you get this all the time, but this is a nice set, BillG. Nice "welcome back" to the office on a Monday.  |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 07:34 My goodness. When did this guy learn to sing? Nice. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Jan 28, 2007 - 16:23 You know, I am not against this guy...but right now I can't drag myself any slower and this song drips slower than glue. Its like a shot of anesthia! Can't stay awake  |
| Jacksonstat (Columbus OH) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 10:08 Beautiful! Don't think I've heard this NC tune before... love him |
| RichardPrins | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 19:06  |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 19:04 miahfost wrote: This record, along with Tender Prey and Henry's Dream, is his best work. He makes sorrow and futility so palpable and beautiful, though he can occasionally strike the pretentious pose. Can't we all, (are you ;)  Otherwise, well spoken and so true  |
| miahfost (Svensk Socialist Soviet Monarki) | Posted: Nov 02, 2006 - 04:05 This record, along with Tender Prey and Henry's Dream, is his best work. He makes sorrow and futility so palpable and beautiful, though he can occasionally strike the pretentious pose. |
| Greenman (East of Albany, NY, west of the moon) | Posted: Oct 18, 2006 - 13:08 Not bad when he's not all mopeylike. |