This image has been floating around in my head for a really long time now.. I dunno. The song is just SO beautiful, so darkly sensual...
It looks better IRL. But anyway. I make a cheap frame thing and had to add the lyrics on the side.
This was done with Russian Sauce drawing crayons that I accidentally stole from the art room... anyway.

EDIT : I didn't realize how huge this thing was when I uploaded it, so here's a nice little resized version.

I am stretched on your grave
and I'll lie here forever
if your hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
my apple tree my brightness
it's time we were together
for I smell of the earth
and am worn by the weather

when my family thinks
that I'm safe in my bed
from morn until night
I am streteched at your head
calling out to the earth
with tears hot and wild
for the loss of the girl
that I loved as a child

do you remember the night
the night when we were lost
in the shade of the blackthorn
and the chill of the frost
thanks be to Jesus
we did all that was right
and your maiden head still
is your pillar of light

the priests and the friars
approach me in dread
because I invoke you still
my life and you're dead
I still will be your shelter
through rain and through storm
and with you in your cold grave
I cannot sleep warm

so I am stretched on your grave
and I'll lie here forever
if you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
my apple tree my brightness
it's time we were together
for I smell of the earth
and am worn by the weather


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