Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - I Let Love In

Track 6 of 10 from the 1994 album Let Love In. Lyrics: Despair and Deception, Love’s ugly little twins Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in Darling, you’re the punishment for all of my former sins I let love in The door it opened just a crack, but Love was shrewd and bold My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole I let love in Well I’ve been bound and gagged and I’ve been terrorized And I’ve been castrated and I’ve been lobotomized But never has my tormentor come in such a cunning disguise I let love in O Lord, tell me what I done Please don’t leave me here alone Where are my friends? My friends are gone O Lord, tell me what I done Please don’t leave me here alone Where are my friends? My friends are gone I let love in So if you’re sitting all alone and hear a-knocki