I Am Stretched On Your Grave

Album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
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  • I am stretched on your grave
    And will lie there forever
    If your hands were in mine
    I'd be sure we'd 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 safe in my bed
    From night until morning
    I am stretched at your head

    Calling out to the air
    With tears hot and wild
    My grief for the girl
    That I loved as a child

    Do you remember
    The night we were lost
    In the shade of the blackthorn
    And the chill of the frost

    Thanks be to Jesus
    We did what was right
    And your maiden head still
    Is your pillar of light

    The priest and the friars
    Approach me in dread
    Because I still love you
    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'm stretched on your grave
    And will lie there forever
    If you hands were in mine
    I'd be sure we'd 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 Writer/s: Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Rballjr from Texas“An Irish singer, O'Connor had little interest in the traditional music of her homeland …” Seriously? Have you spent any time with her catalog? The song you’re referencing IS ‘the traditional music of her homeland’!!! There are countless Irish folk and traditional references in her music. The other comments above are balanced, but this one is completely out of line. Good grief.
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