The Great, Bloody And Bruised Veil Of The World

by Current 93

From the album: All Dolled Up Like Christ: Live in New York 1996

Track 8 of 34 on All Dolled Up Like Christ: Live in New York 1996 (1999).

Duration: 4:40

All Dolled Up Like Christ: Live in New York 1996 cover art

Lyrics for The Great, Bloody And Bruised Veil Of The World

The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The trees wave in England The streams flow in England The poor halt in England The poor heart of England "And did those feet..." Hobbled and crippled as They were By our disbelief Hope here to find Some honesty (Green colour of the grass The horsefresh smell arising From its quietly glowing glory) And did They As They move from one sad gap of heart To another Did They hope to find us open Look: much is my armour I can show you all the walls that may be built But mostly most of all- There's a wall of words Around my heart which is my soul which is my all God is not dead for all of us (And goodbye to you all) This is all Paradise Here is Garden Of upon Garden Of Upon Suns and Beetles The Ladybird lands upon my knee The Lark is all joy There are birds upon birds Beyond the great, bloody, bruised and silent veil Of this world The kind one waits Staggered pain of being The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The great, bloody and bruised veil of this world

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  11. Happy Birthday Spooky Moonbeam
  12. Oh Coal Black Smith
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  16. A Sadness Song
  17. Lucifer Over London
  18. The Death Of The Corn
  19. Calling For Vanished Faces I
  20. Happy Birthday Peek-A-MoonBeam
  21. Horsey
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  24. A Song For Douglas After He's Dead
  25. Dormition And Dominion
  26. So: This Empire Is Nothing
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  28. Oh Coal Black Smith
  29. Black Flowers, Please
  30. When The May Rain Comes
  31. The Blue Gates Of Death
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  33. A Sadness Song
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