The song Christina The Astonishing is performed by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in the album named Henry's Dream in the year 1996 .
Christina the Astonishing
Lived a long time ago
She was stricken with a seizure
At the age of twenty-two
They took her body in a coffin
To a tiny church in Liege
Where she sprang up from the coffin
Just after the Agnus Dei
She soared up to the rafters
Perched on a beam up there
Cried "The stink of human sin
Is more that I can bear"
Christina the Astonishing
Was the most astonishing of all
She prayed balanced on a hurdle
Or curled up into a ball
She fled to remote places
Climbed towers and trees and walls
To escape the stench of human corruption
Into an oven she did crawl
O Christina the Astonishing
Behaved in a terrifying way
She would run wildly through the streets
Jump in the Meusse and swim away
O Christina the Astonishing
Behaved in terrifying manner
Died at the age of seventy-four
In the convent of St Anna
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
- Papa Won't You Leave Henry (2010 Digital Remaster)
- I Had A Dream, Joe (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Straight To You (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Brother, My Cup Is Empty (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Christina The Astonishing (2010 Digital Remaster)
- When I First Came To Town (2010 Digital Remaster)
- John Finn's Wife (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Loom Of The Land (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Jack The Ripper (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Papa Won't You Leave Henry (2010 Digital Remaster)
- I Had A Dream, Joe (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Straight To You (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Brother, My Cup Is Empty (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Christina The Astonishing (2010 Digital Remaster)
- When I First Came To Town (2010 Digital Remaster)
- John Finn's Wife (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Loom Of The Land (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Jack The Ripper (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Blue Bird (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- I Had A Dream, Joe (Live) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- The Good Son (Live) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- The Mercy Seat (Live) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- The Carny (Live) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- The Ship Song (Live) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Papa Won't You Leave Henry
- I Had A Dream, Joe
- Straight To You
- Brother, My Cup Is Empty
- Christina The Astonishing
- When I First Came To Town
- John Finn's Wife
- Loom Of The Land
- Jack The Ripper
- Blue Bird
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)
- I Had A Dream, Joe (Live)
- The Good Son (Live)
- The Mercy Seat (Live)
- The Carny (Live)
- The Ship Song (Live)
- Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 7 Henry's Dream)
- I Had A Dream, Joe (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Straight To You (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version) (2010 Digital Remaster)
- Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 7 Henry's Dream)
- I Had A Dream, Joe
- Straight To You
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)