“One morn I awakened, a new sun was shining,
The sky was a kingdom, all covered in blood.
The moon and the stars, where the troops that lay conquered,
Like food left to wither, poor spirital food.”

—  Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Tender Prey (1988), New Morning

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