Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Track #5 on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ tenth studio album The Boatman’s Call
The title of this song probably refers to Immanuel Kant’s notion of the kingdom of ends, where all human beings are treated as ‘ends’ instead of ‘means to an end’. In more everyday terms: a world where we consider everyb...
[Verse 1]
Just like a bird that sings up the sun
In a dawn so very dark
Such is my faith for you
Such is my faith
All the world's darkness can't swallow up
A single spark
Such is my love for you
Such is my love
[Chorus]
There is a kingdom, there is a king
And he lives without, and he lives within
There is a kingdom, there is a king
And he lives without, and he lives within
[Verse 2]
The starry heavens above me
The moral law within
So the world appears
So the world appears
This day so sweet
It will never come again
So the world appears
Through this mist of tears
[Chorus]
There is a kingdom, there is a king
And he lives without, and he lives within
There is a kingdom, there is a king
And he lives without, and he lives within
[Bridge]
The starry heavens above me
And the moral law within
So the world appears
Through this mist of tears
[Chorus]
There is a kingdom, there is a king
And he lives without, and he lives within
There is a kingdom, there is a king
There is a king, and he is everything
There Is a Kingdom was written by Nick Cave.
There Is a Kingdom was produced by Flood & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released There Is a Kingdom on Mon Mar 03 1997.