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Owen's Lament Lyrics
Level your fretting I won't be forgetting The flush of your face
When I lifted you level to me
And a wattle tree framed your body
In whispers welling with the dope
Of a new Spring
You said "Kill me a dynasty
Or our love won't mean a thing"
A bullet for a diamond ring
A favour promised
A promise delivered and more to you
It's only a war I'll be back to your Shore before you know it I'm gone
Then I'll cover your body
And if you have to go please go lightly
Keep it to a foxtrot whether he's a fox or not
Keep it cold, keep all your heat for me
I'll be needing it for when I'm cold you see?
Let your children remind you of me
Whether by another or by the ghost in me in you
There goes my baby
I would think of you and a palmtree would cover your body
You - in love and war we are bound by a law
It goes to you and then to yours to recover my body.
She bound me up and hugged me
'Oh how the mother loves thee'
She covered my body
In a ragged flag and bloody -
Oh not on your life
When I lifted you level to me
And a wattle tree framed your body
In whispers welling with the dope
Of a new Spring
You said "Kill me a dynasty
Or our love won't mean a thing"
A favour promised
A promise delivered and more to you
It's only a war I'll be back to your Shore before you know it I'm gone
Then I'll cover your body
Keep it to a foxtrot whether he's a fox or not
Keep it cold, keep all your heat for me
I'll be needing it for when I'm cold you see?
Let your children remind you of me
Whether by another or by the ghost in me in you
There goes my baby
You - in love and war we are bound by a law
It goes to you and then to yours to recover my body.
She bound me up and hugged me
'Oh how the mother loves thee'
She covered my body
In a ragged flag and bloody -
Oh not on your life
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Told from the perspective of famous war poet Wilfred Owen.
lol notethetrees i've been doing the same. I fucking love this song. The short bit at the end is the perfect way to end the album. I think the name might have come from traditional Irish songs by Turlough (O')Carolan called "Lament for Owen O’Rourke", or "Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill". Both are really nice. There is a sample at the end of this song of a reading (I don't know who by) of a diary kept by someone called Rowland Feilding in which he talks about his relationship with the Irish soldiers under his command in World War One. It says: "...Freezing, or snowing, or drenching rain; always smothered with mud; you may ask any one of them, any moment of the day or night, 'Are you cold?' or ' Are you wet?' and you will get but one answer. The Irishman will reply - always with a smile - 'Not too cold, sir,' or 'Not too wet, sir.' " The sample in Owen's Lament leaves some words out, and I think at the end he says "It makes me... fell sick."
thank you i always heard the words being spoken at the end but couldnt make out what was said or what it was from
thank you i always heard the words being spoken at the end but couldnt make out what was said or what it was from
Oh how this beautiful song just oozes pain and longing but in such a humble way! Best Augie March song.
omg i have listened to this song like every day since march this year. ha! march! i love love love this song.
Never heard the song, but could the title be a reference to the classic Scratch Acid song "Owner's Lament"?