Mother Of Cripples Lyrics - Singles - Virgin Black

Mother Of Cripples 

A restless shadow 

Of a fiddler's elbow 

Plays a tune to 

Staggering feet 

The burden of his songs 

The looking glass scorns 

At this disfigured 

Odious face 

Indeed alone 

Hugging my breast 

The sun I neglect 

In darkness I roam 

Offerings of flowers 

On a barren grave 

Where my body will lie 

Uncared and unwept 

Idle bait, my shawl on the lattice 

Someone may see it 

Perhaps look my way 

No thread of sympathy 

Unites me to man 

I lay softly 

Down once again 

Within my aged walls 

Taunts and vexatious 

Fragments of a tune 

Play most mournfully 

With sadness in my voice 

I break the solemn stillness 

My drooping head falls 

On languid hands 

Ancient of days 

Creator of life 

From the womb 

You have formed me 

My vile sight You love 

Covered by Your shadow 

Held within Your hand 

Made in Your likeness 

Precious am I 

The glare of a sinking flame 

Binds me to my clay 

Indeed alone 

Hugging my breast 

The sun I neglect 

In darkness I roam 

Offerings of flowers 

I rest in the earth 

My body will lie 

Uncared and unwept.