I Am Stretched On Your Grave lyrics
Song information
Artist: Sinead O'connor Album: She Who Dwells In The Secret Place Of The Most High Shall Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty
Lyrics
(Phillip king/frank o'connor)
I am stretched on your grave And I'll lie there forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure they could not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather When my family thinks That I'm safely in my bed From morn until night I am stretched out at your head Calling out to the earth With tears hot and wild For the loss of the girl That I loved as a child Oh, the night that we were lost In the shade of the blackthorn And the torture of frost And thanks be to jesus We did all that was right And your maiden head still Is your pillar of light Oh, the priests and the friars They approach me in dread Because I love you still Oh, my love and you're dead I still would be your shelter Through rain and through storm And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm So I am stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure they could not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"She Who Dwells In The Secret Place Of The Most High Shall Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty" album track list
|