Saint Nick

Bought the new collection of Nick Cave videos. Videos? You say. Nick Cave has videos? Well, yes.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Massive Attack and Radiohead videos, the movie Sexy Beast), the simple yet stunning black-and-white video for "Into My Arms" really gripped me.

The lyrics may be the first in rock 'n' roll history to use the description "interventionist God," and, yeah, that sounds a bit clunky in the opening line, but hang in there for duration. He sings these softly in his characteristic growl over simple piano:

Into My Arms

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Chorus

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candles burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Chorus

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Nick may also be the only musician to write MTV after being nominated for an award to say, thanks but no thanks. He's currently on tour.