blood canticle
go tell my friends for me
that i'm not coming back.
go tell the gang for me
that i can dance no more.
go tell the ones i love
that i have gone on home.
i'm walking in the graveyard now
and i am all alone.
and i'll be gone before the leaves
begin to fall again.
they're rushing up and down the stairs
the bed is wide and soft.
but i lie still and oh, so cold.
because my mother's gone.
will i soon see her simple face?
i have no dreams or faith.
i wish that i could make a song
that tells how good it's been.
i had the stage, i had the light.
the music was the tale.
but things are tinged with purple now
and these sad notes i play.
i wait until the autumn comes
and i will be no more.
that i'm not coming back.
go tell the gang for me
that i can dance no more.
go tell the ones i love
that i have gone on home.
i'm walking in the graveyard now
and i am all alone.
and i'll be gone before the leaves
begin to fall again.
they're rushing up and down the stairs
the bed is wide and soft.
but i lie still and oh, so cold.
because my mother's gone.
will i soon see her simple face?
i have no dreams or faith.
i wish that i could make a song
that tells how good it's been.
i had the stage, i had the light.
the music was the tale.
but things are tinged with purple now
and these sad notes i play.
i wait until the autumn comes
and i will be no more.