I Am Stretched on Your Grave

by Dead Can Dance

From the album: Toward the Within

Track 7 of 15 on Toward the Within (1994).

Duration: 4:38

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Lyrics for I Am Stretched on Your Grave

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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  2. Persian Love Song
  3. Desert Song
  4. Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
  5. Piece for Solo Flute
  6. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  7. I Am Stretched on Your Grave
  8. I Can See Now
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  10. Cantara
  11. Oman
  12. The Song of the Sibyl
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  14. Sanvean
  15. Don't Fade Away