I Am Stretched On Your Grave Lyrics

The song I Am Stretched On Your Grave is performed by Dead Can Dance in the album named Toward the Within in the year 2008 .



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
And with you in your cold grave
I cannot sleep warm




Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within

Nov 2008

  1. Rakim
  2. Persian Love Song
  3. Desert Song
  4. Piece For Solo Flute
  5. I Am Stretched On Your Grave
  6. I Can See Now
  7. American Dreaming
  8. Oman
  9. Song Of The Sibyl
  10. Tristan
  11. Sanvean
  12. Don't Fade Away
  13. Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
  14. The Wing That Shakes The Barley
  15. Cantara


I Am Stretched On Your Grave