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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.
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"Brompton Oratory" is a track by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, from the album The Boatman’s Call, released 3rd March 1997. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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[Verse 1] Up those stone steps I climb Hail this joyful day's return Into its great shadowed vault I go Hail the Pentecostal morn The reading is from Luke 24 Where Christ returns to his loved ones I look at the stone apostles Think that it's alright for some [Verse 2] And I wish that I was made of stone So that I would not have to see A beauty impossible to define A beauty impossible to believe A beauty impossible to endure The blood imparted in little sips The smell of you still on my hands as I Bring the cup up to my lips [Verse 3] No God up in the sky And no devil beneath the sea Could do the job that you did, baby Of bringing me to my knees Outside I sit on the stone steps With nothing much to do Forlorn and exhausted, baby By the absence of you
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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.

Fan presale begins 25th September, with general tickets available the next day.

