‘I walk into the corner of my room,
See my friends in high places
I don’t know which is which or whom is whom,
they’ve stolen each other’s faces’
Spanning Nick Cave’s entire career, from his writing for The Birthday Party, through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads, Henry’s Dream and DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! up to his latest release, Push the Sky Away, this fully updated edition of The Complete Lyrics is a must for all fans of the dark, the beautiful and the defiant – for all fans of the songs of Nick Cave.
‘Nick Cave is surely Australia’s finest living songwriter’ MAIL
‘Cave’s genius rings loud and clean’ EVENING STANDARD
‘Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page. Essential reading’ VOX