Far from Me – English Lyrics

• By: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Album: Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotional landscape of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "Far from Me." This deeply personal and melancholic ballad, inspired by the heartbreak of a real-life love affair, offers an exceptional opportunity to explore English through intensely honest and poetic lyrics. Learn to articulate profound sadness, betrayal, and longing as Cave masterfully uses language to convey universal feelings of loss, all within a beautifully piano-driven composition.

[English]

For you dear, I was born

For you I was raised up

For you I've lived and for you I will die

For you I am dying now

You were my mad little lover

In a world where everybody fucks everybody else over

You who are so far from me

Far from me

So far from me

Way across some cold neurotic sea

Far from me

I would talk to you of all matter of things

With a smile you would reply

Then the sun would leave your pretty face

And you'd retreat from the front of your eyes

I keep hearing that you're doing best

I hope your heart beats happy in your infant breast

You are so far from me

Far from me

Far from me

There is no knowledge but i know it

There's nothing to learn from that vacant voice

That sails to me across the line

From the ridiculous to the sublime

It's good to hear you're doing so well

But really can't you find somebody else that you can ring and tell

Did you ever

Care for me?

Were you ever

There for me?

So far from me

You told me you'd stick by me

Through the thick and through the thin

Those were your very words

My fair-weather friend

You were my brave-hearted lover

At the first taste of trouble went running back to mother

So far from me

Far from me

Suspended in your bleak and fishless sea

Far from me

Far from me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lover /ˈlʌvər/ B1	noun - a person who is in a romantic relationship
neurotic /njʊˈrɒtɪk/ C1	adjective - characterized by or affected by neurosis; overly anxious
bleak /bliːk/ C1	adjective - cold, barren, or without hope
fishless /ˈfɪʃləs/ C2	adjective - without fish
brave‑hearted /ˈbreɪv ˈhɑːrtɪd/ C1	adjective - courageous; having a brave spirit
fair‑weather /ˈfɛər ˈwɛðər/ C2	adjective - reliable only when circumstances are good; a fair‑weather friend
sublime /səˈblaɪm/ C1	adjective - of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire awe
ridiculous /rɪˈdɪkjʊləs/ B2	adjective - deserving or inviting mockery; absurd
infant /ˈɪnfənt/ A2	noun - a very young child, especially one who has not yet learned to walk
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body; the centre of feelings
hope /hoʊp/ A1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true, and to expect it
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to cease living; to stop existing
retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ B2	verb - to withdraw or move back, especially to avoid danger noun - a period of seclusion for meditation or prayer; a withdrawal
sail /seɪl/ B1	verb - to travel on water in a ship or boat that is propelled by sails noun - a piece of fabric attached to a boat to catch the wind
knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ B2	noun - information, understanding, or skill obtained through experience or education
vacant /ˈveɪkənt/ C1	adjective - empty; not occupied or filled
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - angry; or mentally ill or insane