I Am Stretched On Your Grave Lyrics - Singles - Abney Park

I am stretched on your grave 

And I'll 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 I'm worn by the weather. 

When my family thinks 

That I'm safely in my bed 

From morn until night 

I am stretched at your head 

Calling out to the air 

With tears both hot and wild 

For the loss of a girl 

I loved as a child. 

Do you remember the night 

The night when we were lost 

In the shade of the blackthorn 

And the chill of the frost? 

Oh, and thanks be to Jesus 

We did what was right 

And your maidenhead still 

Is your pillar of light. 

I am stretched on your grave 

And I'll lie there forever 

If your hands were in mine 

I'd be sure we'd not sever 

Oh, the priests and the friars 

They approach me in dread 

For I love you still 

My wife, and you're dead 

I still will 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 I'll 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 I'm worn by the weather. 

So I am stretched on your grave 

And I'll lie there forever 

If your hands were in mine 

I'd be sure we'd not sever