

Take a little walk to the edge of town Now spread your wings and fly Don't the lights of the city look so damn pretty When you're flying so high? It's hard to know 'bout the down-below The streets, babe, are swimming deep in blood It seems To make a grown man cry You really wanna know what's wrong with this land? Just scratch your head with your red right hand You see, everyone's a liar, babe, and that's the truth I said everyone's a liar, baby, and I got the proof You got a new boy, you feel you're in with a chance You think you're in his arms but you're in his hands But still he seems so cute and true and groovy But get that boy up on the stand And watch him raise his red right hand Move your hips, babe, move your thighs Use your lips, babe, conceal his prize He's tracing a tiny finger down your spine He's leaving behind a thin red line Oh, don't get so sad when it all comes down so heavy A low wind moans across the land As he rakes at your chest with his red right hand I'm talking 'bout blood, babe It's in your veins Your mummy and daddy They've got the same You're under the mirror day after day You see a pretty face crumbling away As you become your mum and daddy Scream once, scream twice, now scream again Cover that face with your red right hand
Take a little walk to the edge of town Now spread your wings and fly Don't the lights of the city look so damn pretty When you're flying so high? It's hard to know 'bout the down-below The streets, babe, are swimming deep in blood It seems To make a grown man cry You really wanna know what's wrong with this land? Just scratch your head with your red right hand You see, everyone's a liar, babe, and that's the truth I said everyone's a liar, baby, and I got the proof You got a new boy, you feel you're in with a chance You think you're in his arms but you're in his hands But still he seems so cute and true and groovy But get that boy up on the stand And watch him raise his red right hand Move your hips, babe, move your thighs Use your lips, babe, conceal his prize He's tracing a tiny finger down your spine He's leaving behind a thin red line Oh, don't get so sad when it all comes down so heavy A low wind moans across the land As he rakes at your chest with his red right hand I'm talking 'bout blood, babe It's in your veins Your mummy and daddy They've got the same You're under the mirror day after day You see a pretty face crumbling away As you become your mum and daddy Scream once, scream twice, now scream again Cover that face with your red right hand
Lançada em 24 de outubro de 1994 como single do álbum *Let Love In*, a música apresenta uma versão editada na single e a versão mais longa no próprio álbum.
O título faz referência ao poema épico *Paradise Lost* de John Milton, onde a expressão simboliza a mão vingativa de Deus.
É considerada uma das canções mais emblemáticas de Nick Cave, sendo tocada em quase todos os seus concertos, com apenas “The Mercy Seat” tendo presença ainda maior.
Ganhou notoriedade internacional ao ser usada nos filmes da série *Scream* e como tema da série britânica *Peaky Blinders*, o que motivou um novo lançamento como single em 2014.
A faixa foi regravada por artistas como PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Pop, Pete Yorn, Jarvis Cocker e Snoop Dogg.
Em 2005, Cave participou como convidado na cover da música feita pela ex-parceira, Anita Lane.
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