Death, Cruel Shadow, Be My Shade

[Chorus]
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade
Hide the rolling hills in your deep black [b... ?]
Ten thousand nights burning hotter than the day
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade

[Verse 1]
So tall, never standing
Heating, [ah?], never expanding
Ever weighing down my still-beating breast
When I've long forgotten how
To see the sun through the clouds
Paint not life upon on me, force my hands 'cross my chest

[Verse 2]
And may the breeze me forgive
Let it not be a sin
If it knocks on my lungs and I won't let her in
I wandered down to the willow
To find a stone for a pillow
And wait for the dirt to come tuck me in

[Chorus]
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade
Hide the rolling hills in your deep black [b... ?]
And when my limbs do wither, slow the sap in my veins
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade

[Verse 3]
Oh, you'd be the mother
Of one stone on another
Won't you please assume I'm [old pleasing?] [shape?]
And as my burning flesh bakes
May it sweet incense make
In heaven, for here there is only pain

[Chorus]
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade
Hide the rolling hills in your deep black [b... ?]
Ten thousand nights burning hotter than the day
Oh death, cruel shadow, won't you be my shade