Needle Boy - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

At the turn of the century I did many things to protect myself

I did many things to protect myself

I made myself a needle boy

And I hid him in the closet

And I made myself a money man

And I hid him underneath the mattress

And I made myself a spider child

And I put him in a matchbox

And I forged myself a golden statuette

And I wrapped him in a Hello magazine

And I hid him in a wall-safe

And finally I made myself a spade girl

And I put her in the garden shed

All to protect myself, you see

From the demon that was coming from the East

Or from the West

Then I sat on the rooftop and I waited

And when at last the demon came

From the East or from the West

And awoke me from my sleep

And awoke me to a particular point of view

Then the needle boy stuck him in the eye

And the money man chocked him with coins

The spider child bit him on the ankle

And the statuette crashed down upon his head

And the spade girl buried him underneath the house

And I danced on the rooftops

And I danced on the rooftops

And I danced to the western world

And I danced to the western world