Ballydowse The Banshee Song Lyrics

The Banshee Song Lyrics

Closed my eyes by a violent river filled

with thoughts that left me
shiver

longed for a land to be delivered

where the young don't
catch the ship

fair voice ran cross my ears

sadness drenched for
many years

she'd had enough of the children's tears

their cries had
reached the judgement seat



i heard the banshee mark the day of the
death

of kings both strong and cruel

forgive me father if my eyes
are dry

but i've seen too much of their rule



thought she
dwelled only in stories

but there she stood on the green before me

pale blue eyes and a terrible glory

of one who sees the end of
thing

thru wars and workhouse she had traveled

watched so many
lives unraveled

held her breath upon the gavel

now would justice
come at last



i saw the bansee in the houses of power

she was
beautiful beyond all belief

this time she came for the heartless
killers

and no one found any grief



woke again with a sudden
shiver

found a land still undelivered

thru myself in a violent
river

and swam against the cursed pull

all our myths and dreams and
longings

filled with tyrants' final fallings

gardens lost and echoes
calling

adam, where are you?



i saw the banshee in the hands
of my Lord

only mercy held her release

but nothing's forgotten
and

nothing's overlooked

everything sowed is reaped

nothing's
forgotten and

nothing's overlooked

the eye of God never sleeps