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Do You Love Me

from Rock Love & Red Lipstick by MY RUIN

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My Ruin recorded our cover of "Do You Love Me" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on our album "A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish" from 2000.

I've been a fan of Nick Cave since I was introduced to his music in 1996 while on my first European tour with my previous band Manhole. I first saw him live in 1998 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. It was life changing. His voice spoke to me and scared me at the same time. I never recovered.

When I met Mick, I introduced him to the music of Nick Cave and told him how much I would love to cover one of his songs while we were working on our first album together. "Do You Love Me" seemed to be lyrically perfect at the time. I made a few slight alterations to the words and Mick replaced the piano with heavy guitar to create our own ruined version.

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lyrics

DO YOU LOVE ME
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Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?

I found him on a night of fire and noise
Wild bells rang in a wild sky
I knew from that moment on
That I'd love him till the day that I died
And I kissed away a thousand tears
His lady of the various sorrows
Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen
Some kept safe for tomorrow
On and endless night, silver star spangled
The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle

Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me... like I love you?

She was given to me to put things right
And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her
Yet I seemed so obsolete and small
I found god and all his devils inside her
In my bed she cast the blizzard out
A mock sun blazed upon her head
So completely filled with light she was
Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad
Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled
And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle

Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me... like I love you?

She had a heart full of love and devotion
She had a mind full of tyranny and terror
Well, I try, I do, I really try
But I just err, baby, I do, I error
So come find me, my darling one
I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs
Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun
Blood running down the inside of her legs
The moon in the sky is battered and mangled
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle
Jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle

Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me... like I love you?

All things move toward their end
I knew before I met her that I would lose her
I swear I made every effort to be good to her
I made every effort not to abuse her
Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle

Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me? Do you love me?
Do you love me... like I love you?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me...like I love you?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?

credits

from Rock Love & Red Lipstick, released February 14, 2020
Produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Tairrie B. Murphy & Mick Murphy
Engineered & Mixed by Nick Raskulinecz & Andrew Alekel
Recorded @ Grandmaster Recorders | Hollywood, Ca.
Snapper Music | Circa 2000

Vocals - Tairrie B.Murphy
Guitar - Mick Murphy
Bass - Meghan Mattox
Drums - Chris Hamilton
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Written by Nick Cave 1994

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