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  7. 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
  And with you in your cold grave
  I cannot sleep warm
  
  

  8. I Can See Now

  Ever loved a woman who made you feel tall?
  Ever loved a man who made you feel small?
  
  If you were a sailor
  I'd raise the anchor
  To sail the sea
  In search of you and me
  And god
  
  Conjures currents to break our fragile boats
  And both the innocent and the damned
  Are swallowed up in his wake
  
  If you were a huntress
  I'd be your bow
  For your silver arrows
  To seek out his heart
  
  Ever loved a woman who made you feel tall?
  Ever loved a man who made you feel small?
  
  Who are you to complain
  For lack of understanding?
  We are all created equal
  In just one thing alone
  
  Alone in your thoughts that ??? you through your life
  They'll take you outwards to the dark edge of time
  And there's nothing more dangerous
  Than a man with nothing to lose
  Nothing to live for
  And nothing to prove
  
  

  9. American Dreaming

  I need my conscience to keep watch over me
  To protect me from myself
  So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head
  When I walk into the promised land
  
  We've been too long American dreaming
  And I think we've all lost the way
  Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark
  
  I'm in love with an American girl
  Though she's my best friend
  I love her surreptitious smile
  That hides the pain within her
  
  And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter
  And live along by the shores
  ???
  
  Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
  Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
  How long how long?
  
  ??? in the grounds of ??? we've left behind
  Turned back by the foot of the doorway
  Never lost and found
  
  We've been too long American dreaming
  I think we've all lost the heart
  ??? somnambulistic maniacal in the dark
  
  Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows
  Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows
  How long how long?
  
  

  11. Oman

  From the body to the soul
  Where our hearts lead we must go
  Wherever love may flow
  
  

  15. Don't Fade Away

  Don't fade away
  My brown-eyed girl
  Come walk with me
  I'll fill your heart with joy
  And we'll dance through our isolation
  Seeking solace in the wisdom we bestow
  Turning thoughts to the here and everafter
  Consuming fears in our fiery halos
  
  Say what you mean
  Mean what you say
  I've heard that innocence
  Has led us all astray
  
  But don't let them make you and break you
  The world is filled with their broken empty dreams
  Silence is their only virtue
  Locked away inside their silent screams
  
  But for now
  Let us dance away
  This starry night
  Filled with the glow of fiery stars
  And with the dawn
  Our sun will rise
  Bringing a symphony of bird cries
  
  Don't bring me down now
  Let me stay here for awhile
  You know life's too short
  Let me bathe here in your smile
  I'm transcending
  The fall from the garden
  
  Goodnight

  
  

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  I Am Stretched On Your Grave
  Traditional verse--King/S. O'Connor

  I am stretched on your grave
  And will lie there forever
  If your hands were in mine
  I'd be sure we'd 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 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
  My grief for the girl
  That I loved as a child
  
  Do you remember
  The night we were lost
  In the shade of the blackthorn
  And the chill of the frost
  Thanks be to Jesus
  We did what was right
  And your maidenhood still
  Is your pillar of light
  
  The priests and the friars
  Approach me in dread
  Because I still love you
  My love and you're dead
  I still would be your shelter
  Through rain and through storm
  And with you in your cold grave
  I cannot sleep warm
  
  So I'm stretched on your grave
  And will lie there forever
  If you hands were in mine
  I'd be sure we'd 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
  
  

  The Unquiet Grave

  I am stretched on your grave, and you will find me there always; if I had the bounty of your arms I should never leave you. Little apple, my beloved, it is time for me to lie with you; there is the cold smell of clay on me, the tan of the sun and the wind.
  
  There is a lock on my heart, which is filled with love for you, and melancholy beneath it as black as the sloes. If anything happens to me, and death overthrows me, I shall become a fairy wind-gust down on the meadows before you.
  
  When my family thinks that I am in my bed, it is on your grave I am stretched from night till morning, telling my distress and lamenting bitterly for my quiet lovely girl who was bethrothed to me as a child.
  
  Do you remember the night when you and I were under the blackthorn tree, and the night freezing? A hundred praises to jesus that we did nothing harmful, and that your crown of maidenhood is a tree of light before you!
  
  The priests and the monks every day are angry with me for being in love with you, young girl, when you are dead. I would be a shelter from the wind for you and protection from the rain for you; and oh, keen sorrow to my heart that you are under the earth!
  

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  From the book entitled 'A Celtic Miscellany', Penguin Books, Penguin Classic Edition 1951.
  This is an early set of lyrics for the tradtional Irish folk song, 'The Unquiet Grave', which Brendan Perry sings as 'I Am Stretched on Your Grave'. This is a prosaic interpretation of a Gaelic written song. Of interest here are the lyrics that Brendan and Sinead O'connor do not sing.
  
  

  Tristan

  The following insight thanks to Sean Devine (sdev@GCI-NET.COM) and Patrick Burke (burke@UCLA.EDU):

  The passage that Lisa Gerrard sings at the end of "Tristan" is from Gottfried von Strassburg's "Tristan und Isolde" first published ca.1210:

  "nein" dahter allez wider sich
  "No," thought he, all against himself,
  "la stan, Tristan, versinne dich,
  "Leave [her] alone, Tristan, consider [this,]/come to your senses,
  niemer genim es keine war."**
  It was never easy for anyone."
  so wolte et ie daz herze dar;**
  The heart would ever have it so; (approx.)
  wider sinem willen crieget er,
  He gets the opposite of what he wills, (lit.: Contrary to his will he receives.).
  er gerte widerr,siner ger:
  He desired against his own desire. (Or even: He strove against his own lust; Er gehrte gegen seine Gier.).

  Note that "herze" is neuter, so "er" apparently refers to Tristan again (although heart would seem to be logical, too). Also the verb tenses at the end do appear to be mixed, as I have written them, although "krieget" could be a past form clipped for metrical purposes.

  **: line ommited from DCD version. These two lines (11747-8) are the generic, moralizing ones, so DCD include only the ones that relate most directly to Tristan. Maybe.