Boy - Easter Song (Cranberries, Pt. 1) Lyrics

And the sweetest smell in the world
Rose up from the ground you were
Hiding inside of the ashes
Brighter than fire flashes were you
Thinking of old man Robson
Or maybe Charlie Brown
Were you thinking of bedtime memories
Wrapped inside of the sound of your
Parents screaming bloody
Spending lunchtime money your best friend
April huddled inside the stall
Do they not know you have seen this all

You've seen rivers overflow
With the tears of angry lovers mixed inside
Of your head and your lymph nodes
The circuits burst and they explode as you're
Hearing someone's voice
You can't resist the feeling he's that
Someone you've been hoping for
Just above the ceiling where you
Promised you would rest
I had just one request that you should
Not leave me alone again
But you opened the windows and let them in

And they filed through the living room
Past all your great accomplishments
Past scrapbooks and cranberry jars
Through arguments and cold wars
And the dogs all whined and ground their teeth
And there raised a great commotion
To find you in your favorite suit
The bathwater an ocean, oh

As you watched the match burn out
You let me hold you there for the last
Time you painted your fingernails
The blue flaking off on the tiles
To match your Easter clothes
You'd need the purest white oh so
Painful to the human eye
We sometimes miss the brightest lights
And I know these ugly words won't
Bring you back to life but please
Don't leave me alone this time
You held my hand and said I'll be fine

And all of this had come to pass on the
Day you finally asked me,
"Do you really think there's a heaven
Cause I've been waiting for such a long time"