Things have been torn apart. And I'm desperately trying to find a way of making some kind...
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Nick Cave: Things have been torn apart. And I'm desperately trying to find a way of making some kind of narrative sense out of it, if we're talking about songwriting, or at least some sense out of it where... I can do what it keeps saying in the books, or what people keep saying to me, where I can reduce this chaotic mess that's happened to me down into something that's more... you know, that I can reduce it, distill it down to a platitude that I can fit nicely into a kind of greeting card-sized platitude that means something to me, like 'He lives in my heart,' or something like that. People say it all the time to me, 'He lives in my heart,' and I go, 'Yeah, yeah, no, I know,' but he doesn't. I mean, he's in my heart, but he doesn't live at all. And there is no... I want to be able to sit here and... round this off in some kind of way, but to me it's just not, um... um...
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Nothing
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I need I need I need you
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I need you
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In my heart
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I need you
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Just breathe just breathe
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I need you
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MUSIC FADES
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There are things that are being torn apart
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and I'm desperately trying to find
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a way of making some kind of um
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narrative sense out of it if we're talking about song writing or at least
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some sense out of it where um
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over the I can do what it keeps saying in the books What people keep saying to me
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that It's uh that I can reduce this chaotic
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mess that's happened down into something that
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that's more um
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You know that I can reduce distill it down to like
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a platitude that I can fit nicely you know a kind of greeting card
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sized platitude
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that means something to me like He lives in my heart or something like that
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People say it all the time to me
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He lives in my heart and I go Yeah yeah I know I know
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But he doesn't you know MAN He doesn't
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I mean he is in my heart but he doesn't live at all
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And there is no I wanna be able to sit here and
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round this off in some kind of way But to me it's just not
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You know it's just not
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Movie Summary
Explores the creative process of Nick Cave and his band as the singer struggles with an unspoken personal tragedy.
