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When You Come Down for Me

from The Roaring Girl by Sive

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Written by Sive.

Vocals - Sive
Violins - Rachel Du & Denise Doyle
Viola - Niamh Roche
Cello - Mary Barnecutt

String arrangements by Sive.
Recorded & mixed by Stephen Shannon at Experimental Audio.
Mastered by Stephen Quinn.

lyrics

Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready

At the wake of every shower I drop roses on the grave
And at the wake of every rose, I drop a tear its soul to save
I can't be sure if I'll fare well when he comes knocking
I can't be sure where I will be or who'll be watching
But at the wake of every year, I shed a tear just to be safe

Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready

As they fall to meet their shadows, withered bodies cling no more
As dry as bone, and there is nothing left but him down in their core
And if I lay down beside them I would be no different
And if I crunched them beneath my feet, they would not even flinch
But I don't dare disturb the peace of what was once but is no more

Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready

And so it is, we think our lives away, we're none the wiser still
We'll never know the nature of this beast, this fear we cannot kill
I can't be sure if I'll fare well when he comes creeping
Under my skin, no part of me he won't be keeping
But at the wake of everything, there is a hole I long to fill

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from The Roaring Girl, released May 1, 2017

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