“The Captain's fore-arm like buncht-up rope,
With Anita wrigglin' free onto skull n' dagger,
And a portrait of Christ, nailed to an anchor,
Etched into the upper…”

—  Nick Cave

Song lyrics, From Her to Eternity (1984), Cabin Fever!

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