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The Lovely Bones (Chapter 7)

By Alice Sebold (2003)

On album The Lovely Bones (2003)

The Lovely Bones

…woman they met on their honeymoon had taught them how to do grave rubbings. By the time I was in double digits most of the

…screened-in porch, and jumped over the dog fence to the oak tree. Buckley was choking, his body bucking, and I carried him with Nate trailing into the

…readjusted to the darkness, I thought I saw a long row of women standing on the widow's walk and pointing my way. But a moment later…

Pardoner

By Baba Brinkman (2012)

On album The Canterbury Tales Remixed (2012)

The Canterbury Tales Remixed

…were workin'; they're still out drinkin' Outside they heard the sound of a church bell ringing And saw a hearse bringin…

…' a fresh corpse for a funeral The bartender saw it too, and that's when the news broke “It's someone you know!” The bartender told them…

…in crusty scabs! It's disgusting! I think you'd better tell us how you're even still alive” And the old man replied “Hey, I'm ready…

The Old Oak

By Mercyful Fate (1993)

On album In the Shadows (1993)

In the Shadows

…they have damned It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree Nothing will grow in the ground The Old Oak

…is killing it all If you are ever around Beware of the Oak and its charm It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree The Old

…your eyes Hypnotized..... No! Don't hang with me As I go back to the Old Oak tree

Hiawatha's Wooing

By None

None

…handsomest of strangers!"          Thus dissuading spake Nokomis, And my Hiawatha answered Only this: "Dear old Nokomis, Very pleasant is the firelight, But I

…like the starlight better, Better do I like the moonlight!"          Gravely then said old Nokomis: "Bring…

I wed the fair Dacotah, That our tribes might be united, That old feuds might be forgotten, And old wounds be healed forever…

Anachoret's Orison

By Arcane Grail

Arcane Grail

…(Verses by Demether; music by Eugen) Hearings 'bout the devil's coming spend as faster as the sunlight It hath reached the

…sullen wood (was performing) a magical frondage's minuet He stood unto the stool thereat the menorah, ignified the flames The old

…were so damnable That I couldn't listen them, my heart was cowered by awe The evil was permeating into my forworn reason more Dei…

Anachoret's Orisons... and Awakening of Newborn Light

By Arcane Grail (2005)

On album Mysteries Of The Ancient Charnel (2005)

Mysteries Of The Ancient Charnel

…(was performing) a magical frondage's minuet He stood unto the stool thereat the menorah, ignified the flames The old monk settled (his) mind and set to exalt the prayer to the saints The

…embrewed with blood of thousands" "My soul is so old and I hope that "Jhesu's sword" have found you, All-father's clemency ain't…

…couldn't listen them, my heart was cowered by awe The evil was permeating into my forworn reason more Dei gratia I have prevailed…

Signifying Monkey

By Rudy Ray Moore (2008)

On album Dolemite Sings (2010), The 2nd Rudy Ray Moore Album- This Pussy Belongs To Me (1970), The Best of Rudy Ray Moore & Friends (2008)

The 2nd Rudy Ray Moore Album- This Pussy Belongs To Me

…? Why, you standing on my goddamned feet." The lion said, "I ain't heard a word you said." Said, "If you say three more I'll…

…be steppin' on your muthaf*ckin' head!" Now the monkey lived in the jungle in an old oak tree Bullsh*tting the lion every day of the

…damndest trick She got down so low and sucked an earthworm's di*k He said he spotted your niece behind the tree Screwing…

The White Road

By Neil Gaiman (1995)

On album Warning: Contains Language (1995)

Warning: Contains Language

… beneath the oak, beside the thornbush, something that made her climb the tree and wait. Climb a tree, and in her condition. Her…

…thornbush, beneath the oaken tree, he whistled gently, and he sang, as he dug her grave, that old song... shall I sing…

…and soft, we hush ourselves to hear, outside the inn just the night sounds: an owl hoots, but, as the old folk say, I live too near the wood to be frightened by

Sweet Jezebel

By Mean Mary (2013)

On album Year of the Sparrow (2013)

Year of the Sparrow

…jerked the wheel and drove straight into an oak tree wall My head in a daze, I escaped through a maze of busted steel…

…and glass In silk pantyhose with holes in the toes, I started running through the tall wet grass I saw a house all alone…

…rain" His eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark and his face was neither young nor old I paused for a beat before…

The Horned God - An Unofficial Biography

By Damh The Bard (2010)

On album As Nature Intended (2010)

As Nature Intended

At first I waited. For how long I don't know - how can the unborn know of time? I waited in the blackness, stirred by Her hand…

…of me. They called me by another name, as I chased the virgins through the forest in a land beside a warm sea. How…

…an elder tree within the great forest, shot by a single arrow, but I was reborn in human form. The people made their king their God. The life of the

Hiawatha's Childhood

By None

None

…         Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the

Opechee, Sang the bluebird, the Owaissa, "Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!"          Up the oak-tree, close beside him, Sprang the

…squirrel, Adjidaumo, In and out among the branches, Coughed and chattered from the oak-tree, Laughed, and said between his laughing, "Do…

White Willow

By Elvenking (2000)

On album To Oak Woods Bestowed (2000), Heathenreel (2001)

Heathenreel

…colour turn to green There to find the oak woods I seek, where the old oaks still speak At night I heard the old king say…

…their place to grasslands of joy Bestowed to ancient oak woods here I ... [Bridge2:] ... stand astonished by green, light of power covers me To understand the

…filled my heart with lore I now recall (lore I now recall!) -The black horizons once I saw now turn to white as I pass by And now I

800 Pound Jesus

By Paul Thorn (1997)

On album Hammer And Nail (1997), A Long Way from Tupelo (2008)

A Long Way from Tupelo

I saw a garage sale Pulled up in the yard Found a statue of Jesus It was eight feet tall He held out his arms And he seemed all…

Jesus Standing taller than a tree He's an eight-hundred pound Jesus A bigger man than you or me I thought losin' my job was The end of the

…with a rope in my hand Out by that statue there's a big oak tree So I stood on his shoulders And I counted to three I had every intention of buyin' the

Old Men And Butterflies

By Angelo Branduardi (1976)

On album Highdown Fair (Alla Fiera Dell'est - English Version) (2011)

Highdown Fair (Alla Fiera Dell'est - English Version)

Just off a highway, a many ringed oak tree, Guarding forever his corner of meadow, Saw one hot June day a dusty old pedlar…

…your bed". Gladly the old man Lay down by the oak tree Muttered his thanks and fell soundly asleep… The old pedlar Slept…

…great oak tree Dreaming his butterfly dream where he flew free… The golden butterfly went flitting flower after…

King of the Elves

By Elvenking (2014)

On album The Pagan Manifesto (2014)

The Pagan Manifesto

…this storm crying out my wail Through perilous, insidious ways I walk uneasy steps... I'm led by grief The soil I tread…

…been under siege But overwhelmed my enemies I'm still alive, prevail the realm [Guitar solo: Aydan] Standing by the oak tree

…crooked bones all over me Knock, knock, hear the clock The spiders now are stitching up Standing by the ghost tree, lumpy, knotty old

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