I Am Stretched on Your Grave by Sinéad O'Connor
I Am Stretched on Your Grave by Sinéad O'Connor

I Am Stretched on Your Grave

Sinéad O’Connor * Track #2 On I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got

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I Am Stretched on Your Grave by Sinéad O'Connor

Release Date
Thu Mar 01 1990
Performed by
Sinéad O’Connor
Writed by
Philip King
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The New York Times music critic Jon Paresse wrote this in a 2023 article presenting the song:

A hip-hop beat backs an old Irish poem that was translated into English and turned into a song. Its narrator mourns the death of his lover, wishing to join her. O’Connor’s voice, completely exposed over th...

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I Am Stretched on Your Grave Lyrics

Oh, 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 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 maiden head 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

I Am Stretched on Your Grave Q&A

Who wrote I Am Stretched on Your Grave's ?

I Am Stretched on Your Grave was written by Philip King.

Who produced I Am Stretched on Your Grave's ?

I Am Stretched on Your Grave was produced by Sinéad O’Connor.

When did Sinéad O’Connor release I Am Stretched on Your Grave?

Sinéad O’Connor released I Am Stretched on Your Grave on Thu Mar 01 1990.

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