Story Behind The Song
Melody inspired by trad folk songs such as Parting Glass (Clancy Brothers, Ed Sheeran)
Song Description
In the tradition of a simple murder/ghost ballad.
Passionate young couple have a fight.
In the heat of the moment he accidentally kills her.
Her ghost returns to haunt him - to persuade him to assuage his guilt and be forgiven by killing himself and returning to her forever.
| Song Length |
4:09 |
Genre |
Folk - General, Folk - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Tranquil |
Subject |
Murder, Rape, Fight |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Lover, take a flower from the tended ground.
Remember me buried underneath.
With your careful boots on the hidden mound,
Tread your guilt and lay your grief.
Our love was strong, your kisses mine.
We fell among the flowers by the river in the pine.
Your body warm, mine underneath.
How does it feel?
All over.
All over me.
By the river in the pine.
All over.
All over me.
Promise me you'll still be mine.
Never over me.
Take the handle from its weathered sheath
And hold the blade remembering
Place the flowers like a wilted wreath.
Make one cut to still your suffering.
our twisted love fought round itself.
One mad moment pierced me deep inside my chest.
Your body warm, mine underneath.
How Does it feel?
All over.
All over me.
By the river in the pine.
All over
All over me.
Promise me you'll still be mine.
Never over me
How does it feel?
When your wounds are open wide
And your heart is bleeding?
When your're left here all alone and our life is ending?
Lay your body close to mine.
You will be forgiven.
Lay low
On my bones
Over me.