Story Behind The Song
Trapped in his sorrow, this man cannot leave his true love's gravesite and so, to the horror of those around him, lies stretched over it night and day.
Song Description
Combining the beauty of traditional Celtic music with a modern musical approach to sounds and technology, the new CD "lovedeathbeauty" is Green Man's just completed independent follow-up to their 1999 debut self-titled album. We hold and control the maste
| Song Length |
5:16 |
Genre |
World - Celtic, Electronic - Electronica |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Poignant |
Subject |
Dysfunctional Relations, Loneliness |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
I am stretched on your grave
(*Additional lyrics adapted from 'My Grave' by Thomas
Davis)
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 priests 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
*Shall they bury me in the deep,
Where wind-forgetting waters sleep?
Shall they dig a grave for me
Under the greenwood tree?
Or on the wild heath,
Where the wilder breath
Of the storm does blow?
So I'm 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 slain by the weather