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"Nettie" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their sixth album Life Is Killing Me, released in 2003. This song and the lyrics are dedicated to Pete's mother Nettie. The song contains Pseudo-Latin in the refrain from the 2:44 mark, roughly translating to "I invoke he power of the Cross. My Mother alone could move the One Great God."

Lyrics[]

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

In the dark bathed in Cathode ray blue
Miss Red Hook of 1922
Weeping silently for the pain of others
Every night a tearful rosary
A victim of the curse of empathy
Her reward for compassion is to suffer

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

My shortcomings I know caused her grief
Still she loves me. This I can't believe!
Responding not with anger but a prayer
Heaven's just Southwest of Cobble Hill
True, I am the son of an Angel
Maternally, not one woman compares

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Invocus, Virium
Solo crux, Matris sin
Novo vis, For tuit
Dis Magnus, Omni dei

If you fall, I will catch you
When you're lost, I'll be there soon

(Invocus, Virium, Solo crux, Matris sin,)
Far away, but, of course, near
(Novo vis, For tuit, Dis Magnus, Omni dei,)
When you're sad, I'm always here

Thank you for saving me from myself
Your compassion became its own hell
Unequivocally beautiful inside and out
Without a doubt

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes

Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes, Nettie

Personnel[]

Group performers

Enginucers

Links to other songs[]

Type O Negative songs
Slow, Deep and Hard The Origin of the Feces
Bloody Kisses October Rust
World Coming Down Life Is Killing Me
  1. "Thir13teen"
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be Me"
  3. "Less than Zero (<0)"
  4. "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)"
  5. "I Like Goils"
  6. "...A Dish Best Served Coldly"
  7. "How Could She?"
  8. "Life Is Killing Me"
  9. "Nettie"
  10. "(We Were) Electrocute"
  11. "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)"
  12. "Angry Inch"
  13. "Anesthesia"
  14. "Drunk in Paris"
  15. "The Dream Is Dead"
  16. "Out of the Fire" (bonus track)
Dead Again Songs from non-studio albums
StereoType O Negative songs
  • "In the Name of Love (Pride)"
  • "Dolce Vita"
  • "Last Christmas"
  • "Wicked Game"
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