Aurelio Voltaire - The Churchyard lyrics

The bell in the churchyard, it yells for me to begin And my hands, they tremble and shake while a chill burrows under my skin It rains in the valley. It rains from the skies And it's raining deep inside my soul and it pours up and out of my eyes Not long ago you were here in my arms And I swore I would protect you from harm And here we are, on this hill 'neath the tree in the churchyard at dawn How can we've fallen so far? The earth is a blood red clay that cakes to my heels And the stain grows heavy as lead but my heart it is heavier still In a bout there's a raven and his eyes fix me with a stare And he turns and screams at the sky and it burns like the truth in my ears Not long ago you were here in my arms And I swore I would protect you from harm And here we are, on this hill 'neath the tree in the churchyard at dusk How can we've fallen so far? No one should find out how it's like, standing here Hoping and praying you awake from this awful ordeal No one should find out what it's like, standing here Digging a hole in which to bury your child and your wife When they are finished they look like wounds on a hill Two graves that lay side by side for my life and my lover to fill No one should find out how it feels, standing here Hoping and praying you awake from this awful ordeal No one should find out what it's like, standing here Not having the means to buy the medicine to save their lives