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Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Track: Red Right Hand

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Take a little walk to the edge of town
And go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms
Like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires
In the humming wires
Hey man, you know
You're never coming back

Past the square, past the bridge
Past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm
Comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
A red right hand

He'll wrap you in his arms
Tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
It took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole
Heal your shrinking soul
But there won't be a single thing that you can do

He's a god, he's a man
He's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
Through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
Is a red right hand

You don't have no money?
He'll get you some
You don't have no car?
He'll get you one
You don't have no self-respect
You feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy
'Cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
And the Bowery and the slum
His shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
Red right hand

You'll see him in your nightmares
You'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
He ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head
On the TV screen
Hey buddy, I'm warning
You to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
In his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
His red right hand
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand Lyrics
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Genius Meanings
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand
The notion of a Red Right Hand goes back to John Milton’s Paradise Lost where it also plays the role of an undefined threat. There are discussions among scholars whether it
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Take a little walk to the edge of town / Go across the tracks / Where the viaduct looms / Like a bird of doom / As it shifts and cracks / Where secrets lie in the border fires / In
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Karliene – Red Right Hand
Take a little walk to the edge of town / And go across the tracks / Where the viaduct looms / Like a bird of doom / As it shifts and cracks / Where secrets lie in the border fires
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Meaning of "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is a warning of an intimidating figure who is looming on the edge of town. He represents an unknown force tha...
Meaning of "Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is a haunting and mysterious song that delves into themes of deception, manipulation, and ...