Cyrus Jones 1810 to 1913
Made his great grandchildren believe
You could live to a hundred and three
A hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid
So Cyrus Jones lived forever

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Muriel Stonewall
1903 to 1954
She lost both of her babies in the second great war
Now you should never have to watch
As your only children lowered in the ground
I mean you should never have to bury your own babies

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Ring around the rosy
Pocket full of posy
Ashes to ashes
We all fall down

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Little Mikey Carson 67 to 75
He rode his
Bike like the devil until the day he died
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze
Oh, 1940 to 1992

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Feel the rain
I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Gravedigger


Lyrics submitted by Lissy Ratz, edited by jayellen10

Gravedigger Lyrics as written by Christopher Lavery David Proctor

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

Gravedigger song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

39 Comments

sort form View by:
  • +3
    General Comment

    The gravedigger symbolizes death. The song is basically telling you to live out your life to the fullest, and to stay strong through all your pain and suffering. By the time the gravedigger comes looking for you, you're going to want something good for people to remember you by. In essence, life is sacred, and we need to cherish it before the gravedigger comes to visit us.

    zacsteron April 12, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    such a good song.

    FRoguy940on August 24, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is amazing, I'm so upset I didn't hear it live when I saw them a month ago.Regardless, dave rocks, I'd love to hear this song with a full band though - can't you just imagine Boyd or Leroi jamming to this..or steffan..ahh..hopefully they'll release it eventually.

    migon August 26, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I just heard this song for the first time, it was live at the Gorge in Washington, it mezmerized all 20,000 people that were there. He played it as an encore at the end before he ended with Ants Marching. He also played Satellite and One Sweet World at this performance and apparently the concert is being turned into a documentary for TV or DVD. My friends think it's going to be a CD too, because he usually doesn't play Sattelite or One Sweet World Live.

    paranoidandroidheadon September 09, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Its about the love of life and living everyday to its fullest and loving the ones around you, because you never know when you'll see the Gravedigger for one of them

    UNCWDMBfanon March 10, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The lyrics are incomplete, the chorus is not there. If you read that part, you can tell he talks about war. He said that this song is for his father.

    Flatlineron April 12, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Another song about Dave's obsession and realization about his mortaltiy

    mayerm00on April 18, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Probably inspired from his father and sister Anne.

    DagoBoyon April 21, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    nice song nice meaning but what about nice tab? do you guys know where i can find it?

    vodkon May 01, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    these lyrics are so wrong. i'm going to post the correct ones just cause i love this song so much.

    "sirus jones 1810 to 1913 made his great-grandchildren believe you can live to 103 103 is forever when you're just a little kid so sirus jones lived forever

    gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain gravedigger

    mariele stonewall 1903 to 1954 she lost both of her babies in the second great war now you should never have to watch your only children lowered in the ground i mean you should never have to bury your own babies

    gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain gravedigger

    ring around the rosy pocket full of posy ashes to ashes we all fall down

    gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain oh gravedigger

    little mikey carson 67 to 75 he rode his bike like the devil until the day he died when he grows up he wants to be mr. vertical on the flying trapese oh 1940 to 1992

    gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain oh, gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain i can feel the rain i can feel the rain gravedigger when you dig my grave could you make it shallow so that i can feel the rain gravedigger gravedigger"

    i think that's correct...better than the one that's there anyway

    Poco06on May 04, 2004   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him. There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Album art
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve. The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future. Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere" The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Album art
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. "'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." "There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Album art
When We Were Young
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Album art
Page
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.