Cover art for Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Feb. 18, 20131 viewer30.4K views

Push the Sky Away Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was riding, I was riding home
The sun, the sun, the sun was rising from the field

[Verse 2]
I got a feeling I just can't shake
I got a feeling that just won't go away

[Chorus]
You've got to just keep on pushing it
Keep on pushing it
Push the sky away

[Verse 3]
And if your friends think that you should do it different
And if they think that you should do it the same

[Chorus]
You've got to just keep on pushing it
Keep on pushing it
Push the sky away

[Verse 4]
And if you feel you got everything you came for
If you got everything and you don't want no more
[Chorus]
You've got to just keep on pushing it
Keep on pushing it
Push the sky away

[Verse 5]
And some people say it's just rock and roll
Ah but it gets you right down to your soul


[Chorus]
You've got to just keep on pushing it
Keep on pushing it
Push the sky away
You've got to just keep on pushing it
Keep on pushing it
Push the sky away

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Genius Annotation

Sky = heaven.
The song is about not stagnating or longing for death/retirement even after you have done/got all you can hope for in life.

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