I don’t believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Excerpt from “Into My Arms” by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, 1997.
Photo still from the clip, directed by Jonathan Glazer.