Old Time – English Lyrics

• By: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• Album: Carnage

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the haunting beauty of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis's "Old Time," a song that delves into themes of nostalgia and connection. Explore the rich imagery and evocative lyrics, and uncover the story behind this collaboration born from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how the song's musical style and lyrical content create a profound and moving experience.

[English]

Wide black trees and a field of froth

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Bird fly low and you and me and the car are lost

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Took a wrong turn somewhere

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Into the old time, into the old time for sure

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The trees are black and history

Has dragged us down to our knees

In a cold time

Ah, everyone dreams have died

Wherever you are, darling, I'm not that far behind

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I'm not that far behind

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By the side of the road is a thing with horns

That steps back into the trees and a child is born

Upon this trembling earth, displays each day

Thrown across the hallucination of your hair

A strip of ordinary sun, a biblical sun

A colonial sun, an enlightened sun

The same sun made always glorious at your head

Well, stopping at a motel and go jumping into bed

Just like the old time

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Yeah, wherever you are, darling, I'm not that far behind

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A lunatic beauty and a watery moon

You're melting by the motel swimming pool

By the time I get to Phoenix on the radio

Her moon to my shooting star

And I'm throwing my bags in the back of the car

Just like the old time, just like old time, baby

And I'm not coming back this time

Ah, like the old days, darling

Like the old days, I'm not coming back this time

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Ah, like the old days, darling, like the old days

I'm not coming back this time

Like the old time, like the old time

Wherever you are, darling, I'm not that far behind

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