I Am Stretched On Your Grave Lyrics - Toward The Within (live) - Dead Can Dance

i am stretched on your grave and will lie there forever 

with your hands held in mine i'd be sure we'd not sever 

my apple tree my brightness 'tis time we were together 

for i smell of the earth and am stained 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 both hot and wild 

oh i grieve for the girl that i loved as a child 

the priests and the friars behold me in dread 

because i still love you my love and you're dead 

i would still be your shelter from rain and from storm 

but with you in your cold grave i cannot sleep warm 

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