The Frames - Lay Me Down

The Frames - Lay Me Down, official video.

LYRICS:
I will write you letters that
Explain the way I'm thinking now
I will return to you
What I have taken long before
I will return again
When it gets dark and day is done

And lay me down
In the hallowed ground
Down by your side I will stay
So lay me down

And if you wanna stay with me
Then let me know before it's light
I will recoil myself
Into the black and darkest night

And lay me down
In the hallowed ground
Where my (fore)father waits I will stay
So lay me down

And lay me down
In the hallowed ground
Down by your side I will stay
So lay me down

Category:

Music

Tags:

• once
• falling
• slowly
• indie
• alternative
• the
• frames
• glen
• hansard
• fitzcarraldo
• dance
• devil
• for
• birds
• cost
• oscar
• swell
• season

[SirBigBrain]

lol a failed copy of corey taylor's mask at 0:28

[irishmusiccentral]

@SirBigBrain It's an Aztec face mask.. "commonly used in religious and cultural ceremonies of many peoples, such as the Kachina".

[hammythehippy]

...what the hell was that buzz at the end of it?!great song

[irishmusiccentral]

the 'buzz' was the intro to the next music video "The Grand Lunar" by galway band band 'Cane141'.

[waakkeuppp]

how old is this song? i've never heard it until now. i love the style.

[irishmusiccentral]

originally released in 2001, but probably written a year or two before that.

[focuswrc10]

I think Glen tells a couple of different stories from time to time about this song. The one I heard was that it's about the great value of a simple life spent working everyday, coming home to the one you love and staying with them until the day you die when you'll be happy in your grave beside them.

[itricke]

I just watched cakeeaters an saw that Glen Hassard wrote this song. I love him you should check out the movie "Once" Im ganna have to check out more of this bands music should have done it sooner.

[yeposa]

425000 views? seriously? Every person on earth should listen to this. it's just perfect.

[rockguru14]

@SirBigBrain corey taylors gay man haha

[5amorphe5]

@pixiwl only the song for me.

[shifyscarface]

God remember no disco. Good times.

[TheDustieV]

one of the best live bands you'll ever see Hansard is a legendary frontman

[SirBigBrain]

@irishmusiccentral lol thanks for that, didn't know ;)

[PuddintyCat]

Love it! Makes me think about my dad! Definitely doing a cover of this!!!!

[AuntPearlsGlorybox]

This songs remains for me one of the most beautiful I have heard. It seems to link me into the Ireland of my ancestors in some mystical way?!