Breathless

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From the album: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Track 11 of 17 on Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004).

Duration: 03:13

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus cover art

Lyrics for Breathless

It's up in the morning, it's on the downs A little white clouds like gambolling lambs And I am breathless over you And the red-breasted robin beats his wings His throat, it trembles when he sings For he is helpless before you And the happy hooded bluebells bow And bend their heads all a-down Heavied by the early morning dew At the whispering stream, at the bubbling brook The fishes leap up to take a look For they are breathless over you Still your hands and still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew Still your mind and still your soul For still the fire of our love is true And I am breathless without you The wind circles among the trees And it bangs about of the new made leaves For it is breathless without you And the fox chases the rabbit around And the rabbit hides beneath the ground For he is defenceless without you The sky of daytime dies away And all the earthly things, they stop to play For we are all breathless without you I listen to my juddering bones And the blood in my veins, the wind in my lungs And I am breathless without you Still your hands and still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew Still your soul and still your mind For still the fire of our love is true And I am breathless without you

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More from Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

  1. Get Ready for Love
  2. Cannibal's Hymn
  3. Hiding All Away
  4. Messiah Ward
  5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
  6. Nature Boy
  7. Abattoir Blues
  8. Let the Bells Ring
  9. Fable of the Brown Ape
  10. The Lyre of Orpheus
  11. Breathless
  12. Babe, You Turn Me On
  13. Easy Money
  14. Supernaturally
  15. Spell
  16. Carry Me
  17. O Children