May the Living be Dead (In Our Wake)

Lyrics for May the Living be Dead (In Our Wake)

Said her name was Marie from the banks of the Lee With the prettiest eyes my own's ever seen Her hair like ripples, they danced with the tide As our hearts washed away to the sea Was she sent down to me from the heavens above? Her breath pure as whiskey, my heart fell in love Now the devil is courting a different tune And I laugh as these tears wash the rain Tell me why no one's listening Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake One cold winter's night behind the clouds stars did hide And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive Our spirits they crackled with lovers' first sight Till the morning came fresh with a new Will you dance with me now, heavens child, sang the clown We've nothing to lose but your wings and my frown Where over the hills, and the valleys will ring To the sound of our, love singing true Tell me why no one's listening Is there nothing, at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake But the summer sun is melting now, with the leaves I'll soon be gone Will you have the strength when the emptiness shadows fall? Or will your aching heart be ripped apart by the beating from the storm? Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone? Was she sent down to me from the heavens above? Her breath pure as whiskey, my heart fell in love Now the devil is courting a different tune And I laugh as these tears wash the rain Tell me why no one's listening Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake Tell me why no one's listening Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake