Far From Me - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

For you dear  I was born 
For you I was raised up 
For you I've lived and for you I will die 
For you I am dying now 
You were my mad little lover 
In a world where everybody fucks everybody else over 
You who are so far from me 
Far from me 
So far from me 
Way across some cold neurotic sea 
Far from me 
I would talk to you of all matter of things 
With a smile you would reply 
Then the sun would leave your pretty face 
And you'd retreat from the front of your eyes 
I keep hearing that you're doing best 
I hope your heart beats happy in your infant breast 
You are so far from me 
Far from me 
Far from me 
There is no knowledge but i know it 
There's nothing to learn from that vacant voice 
That sails to me across the line 
From the ridiculous to the sublime 
It's good to hear you're doing so well 
But really can't you find somebody else that you can ring and tell 
Did you ever 
Care for me? 
Were you ever 
There for me? 
So far from me 
You told me you'd stick by me 
Through the thick and through the thin 
Those were your very words 
My fair-weather friend 
You were my brave-hearted lover 
At the first taste of trouble went running back to mother 
So far from me 
Far from me 
Suspended in your bleak and fishless sea 
Far from me 
Far from me