Shrike

I couldn't utter my love when it counted
 Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now
 I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
 Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now
 
 The 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 the shrike to your sharp
 And glorious thorn
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 And I'd no idea on what ground I was founded
 All of that goodness is goin' with you now
 Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted
 All of my goodness is goin' 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 a shrike to your sharp
 And glorious thorn
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 I fled to the city with so much discounted
 
 Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
 
 Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
 
 Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
 I was housed by your warmth
 Thus transformed
 By you're grounded and giving
 And darkening scorn
 Remember me, love
 When I'm reborn
 As a shrike to your sharp
 And glorious thorn