Exanimis Dolor - Lay Me Down To Decompose

Lay me down where the willows weep, Beneath the hush of the evening sky. Let the candle gutter slow and deep, Let the last of my breath sigh goodbye. Lay me down, lay me down to decompose, Where the earth remembers every name. Fold my bones in the old black rye, Let the worms and the roots reclaim. Sing me low, sing me soft and slow, Till the world forgets my cry, One last lullaby, one last skeleton show: Lay me down, lay me down to decompose. Let the bell keep time with a grieving heart, Let the mourners come barefoot and thin; We will unlearn how to keep apart All the things that were never within. Lay me down, lay me down to decompose, Where the earth remembers every name. Let the worms and the roots reclaim. One last lullaby, one last skeleton show: Lay me down, lay me down to decompose. I give you now the soft, honest toil, The small debt owed to the land. I will be compost and wildflower high, A hush of green beneath the sky. Lay me down, lay me down to decompose, Where the earth remembers every name. Fold my bones in the old black rye, Let the worms and the roots reclaim. Sing me low, sing me soft and slow, Till the world forgets my cry, One last lullaby, one last skeleton show: Lay me down, lay me down to decompose.