I Am Stretched On Your Grave Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Horatio750 

Cover art for I Am Stretched On Your Grave lyrics by Kate Rusby

I think there’s more to it than someone in mourning who cant let go of their deceased lover and this is hinted at in the phrase “ the priests and the friars hold me in dread. As well as the phrase “thanks be to Jesus we did what was right” and reference to her maidenhead. If it were a simple case of someone in mourning who can’t let go the priests would be consolidative and supportive but the phrase suggests they are otherwise. Something not right here with the church