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The Weeping Song Lyrics

Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Album: Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Go son, go down to the water
And see the women weeping there
Then go up into the mountains
The men, they are weeping too

Father, why are all the women weeping?
They are weeping for their men
Then why are all the men there weeping?
They are weeping back at them

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While all the men and women sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long

Father, why are all the children weeping?
They are merely crying son
O, are they merely crying, father?
Yes, true weeping is yet to come

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While all the men and women sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long

O father tell me, are you weeping?
Your face seems wet to touch
O then I'm so sorry, father
I never thought I hurt you so much

This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While we rock ourselves to sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long
But I won't be weeping long
But I won't be weeping long
But I won't be weeping long

Comments/Interpretations

by pouyan on 5/30/2008 9:59pm
this song is magic

by tixo on 6/12/2008 8:01am
yes, true weeping is yet to come...

by bobek on 6/24/2008 3:54pm
...they are ALL weeping for their men...

by Macabre on 7/29/2008 12:48am
This is the weeping song, a song in which to weep, While we rock ourselves to sleep.

*sigh* I know justt hat feeling

by The Joyntster on 9/2/2008 10:10am
Incredible song. Magic.

by Webster on 9/18/2008 12:28pm
I just love this song! It is so damned nice! :D

by Pedro on 10/6/2008 6:50am
The second chorus is wrong...it should be
This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While all the little children sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won't be weeping long

by heikki on 11/21/2008 2:28am
end is not but i wont be weeping long. it is no i wont be weeping long 4 times

by petra on 11/24/2008 3:13am
thanks for the second chorus

by ike. on 11/26/2008 9:20pm
some of the lyrics are wrong btw.

by Miss Malice on 3/8/2009 4:32pm
CoNfeSsiOnsOfaSeRiAlKiLLeR. . .

by PsyChO.o! on 5/12/2009 7:55pm
niCk Cave is the best thinG that came out of Australia!! =) Tzar!!!

by josho adrian on 11/21/2009 1:49pm
its one of the best songs ever

by Salokin on 8/12/2010 1:14am
Very emmotive, amazing

by danny on 12/16/2010 5:49am
listen again and pay attention to the bassline. think about the lyrics and here the bass. so good

by mico on 4/19/2011 8:22am
O, are they merely crying, father?
Yes, true weeping is yet to come
nuff said

by cello on 10/6/2011 11:48am
quite a few minor diffs from the album version. Pedro picked the biggest one. Someone fix it pls?

by Silver on 3/29/2013 10:18am
I like.

by Etherea on 9/12/2014 10:20am
I cannot always listen to this song. It is painful. The music and all moves me so deep.