The Weeping Song

The long tradition of May Day sadness holds fast.

For the occasion, nothing less than probably the best modern rock song ever written, a duet of Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld in the vocals:

The Weeping Song
from The Good Son album by Nick Cave and 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 all 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...

I wish I could say the same.