Lyric discussion by morbid morag 

Cover art for We Call Upon the Author lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

For years I've idly wondered how exactly Berryman killed himself; when I heard this song - "weirdly on wings & with maximum pain" - I knew I had to find out. Apparently he jumped off a bridge into the river &, er, missed the water! Suffocated in the mud. A lesson to us all. Jump from the MIDDLE of the bridge...