Anita Lane
Nick Cave utnyttjade systematiskt Anita Lane i flera år på 80-talet, men hon tog en gruvlig hämnd när hon lade sina giftigaste ord i hans mun, och tvingade honom att sjunga "I´m a stranger to kindness" på "Your Funeral ... My Trial"-skivan - och även den här låten, "The World´s a Girl", ger henne sista ordet, och visar också vilken fantastisk poet hon var och är ... Musiken skrev hon tillsammans med Cave, enligt somliga av mina källor (skivan). I alla fall sjunger de tillsammans två duetter på singelns b-sidor, "I Love You ... Nor Do I", en engelsk version av Serge Gainsbourgs låt med Jane Birkin ("Je t´aime ... moi non plus") samt "Bedazzled", den låt som torde ha influerat The Last Shadow Puppets mest ...
When my protests went wild
You brushed me aside
Like the finger of a child
When I closed my eyes
You took me from the pedestal
Down to the abyss
My soul was but consumed
I thought you were inspired
But you were just possessed
You brushed me aside
Like the finger of a child
When I closed my eyes
You took me from the pedestal
Down to the abyss
My soul was but consumed
I thought you were inspired
But you were just possessed
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