Over the Rhine - Sacred Ground lyrics

Love me like a memory held too long Like the need to feel some forgotten song Kiss me to chills like there’s only me Like it’s hard to k** the last cottonwood tree Love me later when the stars fall down A burning light for a wedding gown They stole the blood right out of this ground They’d still kick a flower when it’s down Help me trace the scars on mountains The sun that sets in a bloody fountain Take me home and lay me down On the hungry earth (Love me, love me) On the sacred ground Love me like the breath you held too deep Like the need you feel to lay still beneath Leave me with teeth marks on my skin Like some holy spirit’s tryna get in Love me like a rumor you can’t outlive Like the deepest cut you’ll ever forgive They stole my blood right out of this ground They’d still kick a flower when it’s down Help me trace the scars on mountains The sun that sets in a bloody fountain Take me home and lay me down On the hungry earth (Love me, love me) On the sacred ground