Sinead O'Connor - I Am Stretched on Your Grave lyrics

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I am stretched on your grave

And I'll lie here forever

If your hands were in mine

I'd be sure they would not sever

My apple tree, my brightness

It's time we were together

For I smell of the earth

And am 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 earth

With tears hot and wild

For the loss of the girl

That I loved as a child

Do you remember the night

Oh, the night we were lost

In the shade of the blackthorn

And the cold chill of frost

Oh, and thanks be to Jesus

We did all that was right

And your maiden head still

Is your pillar of light

The priests and the friars

They approach me in dread

Because I love you still

Oh, my love 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 here forever

If your hands were in mine

I'd be sure they would not sever

My apple tree, my brightness

It's time we were together

For I smell of the earth

And am worn by the weather