Ranges Community Church

Today we looked at Lazarus, from John chapter 11. One interesting question came up.

Did anyone ask Lazarus what heaven was like? Mmm

Nick Cave has given us a bit of his spin on Lazarus, here are some of the lyrics…

Larry made his nest high up in the autumn branches 
Built from nothing but high hopes and thin air 
He collected up some baby blasted mothers who took their chances 
And for a while they lived quite happily up there 

He came from New York city man, but he couldn’t take the pace 
He thought it was like dog eat dog world 
Then he went to San Francisco, spent a year in outer space 
With a sweet little San Fransiscan girl. 

I can hear my mother wailing and a whole lot of scraping of chairs 

I don’t know what it is but there’s definately something going on upstairs 

(I want you to dig)Meanwhile Larry made up names for the ladies 
Like miss Boo and miss Quick 
He stockpiled weapons and took potshots in the air 
He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic 
And wrapped himself up in their soft yellow hair 

I can hear chants and incantations and some guy is mentioning me in his prayers. 
Well, I don’t know what it is but there’s definately something going on upstairs 
)Well L New York City man, San Francisco, LA, I don’t know 
But Larry grew increasingly neurotic and obscene 
I mean he, he never asked to be raised from the tomb 
I mean no one ever actually asked him to forsake his dreams 
He ended up like so many of them do, back on the streets of New York City 
In a soup queue, a dopefiend, a slave, then prison, then the madhouse, then the grave 
Ah poor Larry. 

But what do we really know of the dead And who actually cares? 

Well, I don’t know what it is but there’s definiately something going on upstairs.

Christina wrote a post a while ago on this song you can check it out here