If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh, uh oh
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
And I'll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town says he'll love me forever
Who would've thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin...
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh, uh oh
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
And I'll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town says he'll love me forever
Who would've thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin...
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
Now, is your time to die
We've gathered here to say goodbye
No, more, you'll cry
No reason left for you to fight
Feel, pain, no more
Emotions never felt before
Where, do, we go
We go, she'll never know
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
Hard, times, we always saw
There's nothing left of you no more
Fear, has, no place, no place
Cover her face
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
This is our last goodbye (goodbye!)
This is our time tonight
Holding on to you!
Cover up her face!
Holding on to you... To keep from falling!
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
This is our last goodbye (goodbye!)
This is our time tonight (goodbye!)
This is our last goodbye!
We've gathered here to say goodbye
No, more, you'll cry
No reason left for you to fight
Feel, pain, no more
Emotions never felt before
Where, do, we go
We go, she'll never know
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
Hard, times, we always saw
There's nothing left of you no more
Fear, has, no place, no place
Cover her face
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
This is our last goodbye (goodbye!)
This is our time tonight
Holding on to you!
Cover up her face!
Holding on to you... To keep from falling!
Holding on to you, to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
This is our last goodbye (goodbye!)
This is our time tonight (goodbye!)
This is our last goodbye!
If all our life is but a dream, fantastic posing greed.
Then we should feed our jewellery to the sea.
For diamonds do appear to be.
Just like broken glass to me.
Then she said she cant believe.
Genius only comes along in storms of fabled foreign tongues.
Tripping eyes, and flooded lungs.
Northern Downpour sends its love.
Hey moon, please forget to fall down.
Hey moon, don't you go down.
Sugarcane in the easy morning.
Weathervanes my one and lonely.
The ink is running toward the page, it's chasing off the days.
Look back at boat feet and that winding knee.
I missed your skin when you were east.
You clicked your heels and wished for me.
Through playful lips made of yarn that fragiled Capricorn unravelled words like moths upon old scarves. I know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches call it home. You are at the top of my lungs.
Drawn to the ones who never yawn.
Then we should feed our jewellery to the sea.
For diamonds do appear to be.
Just like broken glass to me.
Then she said she cant believe.
Genius only comes along in storms of fabled foreign tongues.
Tripping eyes, and flooded lungs.
Northern Downpour sends its love.
Hey moon, please forget to fall down.
Hey moon, don't you go down.
Sugarcane in the easy morning.
Weathervanes my one and lonely.
The ink is running toward the page, it's chasing off the days.
Look back at boat feet and that winding knee.
I missed your skin when you were east.
You clicked your heels and wished for me.
Through playful lips made of yarn that fragiled Capricorn unravelled words like moths upon old scarves. I know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches call it home. You are at the top of my lungs.
Drawn to the ones who never yawn.
Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane
Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free
Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin
Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane
Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free
Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin
Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways
And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains
These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils