Heron Blue Lyrics - Sun Kil Moon

Don't cry my love don't cry no more 

A crashing sky a rolling screen 

A city drowning Gods black tears 

I cannot bear to see 

She lay under the midnight moon 

Her restless body stirring 

Until the magic morning hour 

Like poison it succumbs her 

Her baby skin her old black dress 

Her hair it twists round her necklace 

Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines 

To sleep she overtakes her? 

Her room is painted Heron Blue 

Lit by candlelight and chandelier 

And from her headboard perched so high 

A million dreams have passed her 

Don't cry my love don't cry no more 

It overwhelms my breaking heart 

A minor swell of violins 

I cannot bear to hear them 

A mother shepherds her young birds 

She fills their mouths and warms their souls 

Till they are strong and good to fly 

Away from her alone she'll die 

Cradle on quiet old oak limbs 

As heaven blue her light fails 

A breath of soot into her lungs 

A life, a journeys end in one 

Don't sing that old sad hymn no more 

It resonates inside my soul 

It haunts me in my waking dream 

I cannot bear to hear it 

Don't play those violins no more 

Their melancholic overtones 

They echo off the floor and walls 

I cannot bear to hear them