Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Lyric guide

Brompton Oratory

Brompton Oratory lyrics by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Up those stone steps I climb Hail this joyful day's return Into its great shadowed vault I go Hail the...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds visibility2 visits
person Curated by Ethan Walker LyroVerse team
Lyrics

Brompton Oratory

The lyric stays readable and compact here; the note and related paths sit nearby so you do not lose the song while looking for context.

Up those stone steps I climb

Hail this joyful day's return

Into its great shadowed vault I go

Hail the Pentecostal morn

The reading is from Luke 24

Where Christ returns to his loved ones

I look at the stone apostles

Think that it's alright for some

And I wish that I was made of stone

So that I would not have to see

A beauty impossible to define

A beauty impossible to believe

A beauty impossible to endure

The blood imparted in little sips

The smell of you still on my hands

As I bring the cup up to my lips

No God up in the sky

No devil beneath the sea

Could do the job that you did, baby

Of bringing me to my knees

Outside I sit on the stone steps

With nothing much to do

Forlorn and exhausted, baby

By the absence of you

Quick answers

What this page can answer fast

Who performs "Brompton Oratory"?

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performs "Brompton Oratory", and this lyric page sits inside the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds catalog on LyroVerse.

Are there related songs to explore after "Brompton Oratory"?

Yes. The related section below points to Abattoir blues and Albert Goes West with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds?

Use the artist link near the top of the page or the related paths section below to keep moving through Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds's lyric pages.

Song Room

Interpretations, questions, and corrections for this song

Interpretations, questions, memories, and correction notes live together here. The room stays noindex while the best insights are reviewed.

Open Song Room
0 followers Selected insights only surface after moderation
Listener comments

What people are saying

0 comments
Add a short interpretation or memory

A strong comment here is specific: the phrase you keep hearing, the mood you come back for, or the reason this song stays in rotation.

Sign in to post the first listener note. Reporting stays open to everyone.

No listener comments on Brompton Oratory yet.