Lyrics
This graveyard hides a million secrets
And the trees know more than they will tell
That the ghosts of the saints and the scholars of fortune
In heaven or in hell
Rattled by the glummin' and the boogeymen, the holy men
And living in the shadows, the shadows of a gunman
Rattle like the coppers in your greasy jewel
Rattle like the time stood still
Look across your shoulder and the school bell rings
Another day of major measure history
Well, I don't mind that your heroes all have wings
But your terrible beauty is torn
Pray for the departed, be fickle hearted
As you are now, so once will be
Pray for the departed, be the big hearted
Give graces imparted in flowers to thee
The girls from the kips proclaim their love for you
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two
But they cursed you on Sundays and holy days of abstinence
And when you won't stay away
And when you slept there naked a light bulb blinded your shame
The shadow on the wall took all the blame
The sacred heart's picture, compassion in his eyes
Drowned out the river's sighs
I let the grass grow green off of the brewery tonight
'Cause it'll never come between the darkness and the light
There's nothing too sick that can't be eased
Off by the devil's holy water and a rosary bead
Pray for the departed, be fickle hearted
As you are now, so once will be
Pray for the departed, be the big hearted
Give graces imparted in flowers to thee
You're a history book which I never could write
Poetry in paralysis too deep to recite
So dress yourself, lace yourself, you've won the fight
We're gonna celebrate tonight
Maybe we'll even try the pill like you always meant to
And watch the sun rise over the strand
Close our eyes and we'll pretend that it could be the same again
And then I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you
When you don't have to gaze at the rain and the stars
Sleep and dream of a world war and whiskey in that jar
Pray for the departed, look what you've started
An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend
Pray for the departed, there's no gold kid hearted
And no more strays guest in your world without end
And the trees know more than they will tell
That the ghosts of the saints and the scholars of fortune
In heaven or in hell
Rattled by the glummin' and the boogeymen, the holy men
And living in the shadows, the shadows of a gunman
Rattle like the coppers in your greasy jewel
Rattle like the time stood still
Look across your shoulder and the school bell rings
Another day of major measure history
Well, I don't mind that your heroes all have wings
But your terrible beauty is torn
Pray for the departed, be fickle hearted
As you are now, so once will be
Pray for the departed, be the big hearted
Give graces imparted in flowers to thee
The girls from the kips proclaim their love for you
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two
But they cursed you on Sundays and holy days of abstinence
And when you won't stay away
And when you slept there naked a light bulb blinded your shame
The shadow on the wall took all the blame
The sacred heart's picture, compassion in his eyes
Drowned out the river's sighs
I let the grass grow green off of the brewery tonight
'Cause it'll never come between the darkness and the light
There's nothing too sick that can't be eased
Off by the devil's holy water and a rosary bead
Pray for the departed, be fickle hearted
As you are now, so once will be
Pray for the departed, be the big hearted
Give graces imparted in flowers to thee
You're a history book which I never could write
Poetry in paralysis too deep to recite
So dress yourself, lace yourself, you've won the fight
We're gonna celebrate tonight
Maybe we'll even try the pill like you always meant to
And watch the sun rise over the strand
Close our eyes and we'll pretend that it could be the same again
And then I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you
When you don't have to gaze at the rain and the stars
Sleep and dream of a world war and whiskey in that jar
Pray for the departed, look what you've started
An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend
Pray for the departed, there's no gold kid hearted
And no more strays guest in your world without end