Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Christina The Astonishing

[Verse 1] Christina the Astonishing lived a long, long time ago She was stricken with a seizure At the age of twenty-two They took her body in a coffin To a tiny church in Liege Where she sprang up from the coffin Just after the Agnus Dei She soared up to the rafters Perched on a beam up there Cried "The stink of human sin, the stink of human sin, the stink is more than I can bear" [Chorus] And I said oh [Verse 2] Christina the Astonishing Was the most astonishing of all She prayed balanced on a hurdle Or curled up into a ball She fled to remote places Climbed towers and trees and walls To escape the stench of corruption The stench of human corruption Into an oven she did crawl [Chorus] And I said oh [Verse 3] Christina the Astonishing Behaved in a terrifying way She would run wildly through the streets Jump in the Meuse and swim away Christina the Astonishing Behaved in terrifying manner Died at the age of seventy-four, died at the age of seventy-four In The Convent of St Anna [Chorus] And I said oh