"Seven Psalms" - Nick Cave


How Long Have I Waited?

How long have I waited for your word, forever yearning
The days break like waves upon the shore
How long have I waited for your touch, forever burning
Lord, I cannot wait a single moment more

For the stag stands triumphant on the hill
His antlers rake lightning across the sphere
One bright day I will come and I will kneel
Within your boundless majesty so clear

When will I awaken to your love, sleeping love
As the day breaks like waves upon the shore
When will I awaken to your touch, sleeping touch
Lord, I cannot wait a single moment more


I Have Trembled My Way Deep

I have trembled my way deep into surrender
I have stretched my aching body across the world
I have stood at the threshold of your wonder
Bid me enter, Lord, allow me to unfold

Lay your golden head upon my breast
Pierce me deep and usher me inside
Your threshold where I will eternal rest
My heart, my love, my Lord, my only bride

My heart, my love, my Lord, my one true bride
Sanctuary where the eternal yearning rest
Unpetal me and burst me open wide
And lay your shining head upon my breast


This is the prelude to the entire psalm set, and because it is "touch", it is the prelude to "I Have Trembled My Way Deep". I also said the male side would be signified by lightning and here we have a stag raking his antlers across the "sphere" or possibly the firnament of atmosphere, creating lightning, and by the rest of the verse this signifies God by coming to kneel before His great majesty. The stag's lightning is a herald of God. This is the same as the lightning appeared in 2020, for me.






 

This is one of those "That's it. That's the tweet." entries. This is an interesting passage that seems to reflect both sexes at the same time, as if this is observed ("my Lord, my one true bride"), whereas the appeal to enter either heavenly kingdom or communion (presumably one and the same) is uttered by the female as being penetrated. It is praying directly to God in sexual surrender, and He has a "golden head" to rest on her breast, which is exactly what I said He was going to have, as in blond curly hair, though it could also be in reference to a halo or some other otherworldly brightness.

We don't know if Nick Cave was apprised of this passage by its submission to Red Hand Files (December 2020), or not. We don't know if he was inspired to write this (-came up with it on his own), or if he wrote this after having been apprised of the experience via communication. Nick Cave announced the CD/LP's for the next album he announced two months later, (CARNAGE), would come on sale on my birthday (then changed the date), but that could have been coincidental. I almost prefer that it happened on its own, inspirationally, because this is otherwise the strongest depiction of the event afterwards, perhaps demonstrative of the inspirational feedback loop as a device of His advent, meaning the universal inspirational feedback loop is the sole indicator that this all didn't just happen inside my head, because the universal inspirational feedback loop has only been active (as of 2023), for thirty years which is a really long time to wait, have something evolve to the point where it arrives at a purpose. Seven Psalms was that purpose.