I will write you letters that Explain the way I'm thinking now I, I will return to you What I have taken long before I, I will return again When it gets dark and day is done And lay me down In the hollowed 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, I will recoil myself Into the black and darkest night And lay me down In the hollowed ground Where my father waits I will stay So lay me down ♪ And lay me down In the hollowed ground Down by your side I will stay So lay me down