Breathless

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1. It's up in the morning and on the downs
   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
   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

R: Still your hands
   And still your heart
   For still your face comes shining through
   And all the morning glows anew
   Still your mind
   Still your soul
   For still, the fare of love is true
   And I am breathless without you


2. The wind circles among the trees
   And it bangs about the new-made leaves
   For it is breathless without you
   The fox chases the rabbit round
   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
   The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs
   And I am breathless without you

R: Still your hands...
   
   And I am breathless without you