Lyric discussion by STUDLYCUDDLYBUDDY 

Cover art for The Carny lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

ok, So I just had an idea. It talks about dwarves named Moses and Noah. Both having to do with Gods people escaping from a watery grave . Moses parted the Red Sea and Noah built the Ark when God decided to flood the earth. But neither one can bury Sorrow.. A hidden pun on saying I drowning our sorrows. "should have dug a deeper one." I know U2 had a song that one of the lines was "in my dreams I was drowning my sorrows, but my sorrows they learned to swim." The name of the song? Until The End of The World. Guess who else had a song almost by that name? They both had songs called Faraway so Close (or similar) and Until the End of the World. Both of which were from the soundtrack to and also the name of two Wim Wenders movies. So maybe that U2 line is a shout out? or just a funny coincidence.

oh wow. someone else had the same idea. hangs head and looks embaressed.

Love this but...\r\n"Your Funeral... My Trial" was released on 3 November 1986\r\n"Achtung Baby" was released on 18 November 1991