Shrike lyrics

I couldn't utter my love when it counted

But I'm singing like a bird about it now

And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted

But I'm singing like a bird about it now

Words hung above, but never would form

Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn

Remember me, love when I'm reborn

As a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

I'd no idea on what ground I was founded

All of that goodness is going with you now

Then when met you, my virtues uncounted

All of my goodness is going with you now

Dragging along, following your form

Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn

Remember me love, when I'm reborn

As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

I fled to the city with so much discounted

But I'm flying like a bird to you now

Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted

But I'm flying like a bird to you now

I was housed by your warmth

But I was transformed

By your grounded and giving

And darkening scorn

Remember me love, when I'm reborn

As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

• Artist:Hozier
• Album:Nina Cried Power - EP