I Am Streched On Your Grave Lyrics - Sinead Oconnor

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 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 priests and the friars approach me in dread 

Because I still love you, my love and you're dead 

But I still would be your shelter through rain and through storm 

And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm