#if i die young by band perry

[iztea]

girlhood is a spectrum

[who-always-pays-their-taxes]

jason todd grabs the aux in the batmobile just to play Die Young by Kesha

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

in the same way there's a chapel in a hospital

The Band Perry, If I Die Young // Fall Out Boy, Hum Hallelujah // Hanif Abdurraqib, Fall Out Boy Forever // If I Die Young // Fall Out Boy, Love From the Other Side // Kimberly Perry, If I Die Young Pt. 2 // Love From the Other Side //Fall Out Boy Forever // Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah

[marypsue]

Relevant to that last post: when you think about how, historically, textiles have been so profoundly difficult and time-consuming to make, the concept of things like shrouds and winding-sheets and satin coffin linings become almost unbearably touching.

[blossomhcir]

// You visit Sweetgrove, Adelaide takes you to their graveyard/godswood and happily shows you the spot she’s picked out to be buried when she passes. Do you still smash y/n?

[brisingr-sword]

listening to a merthur playlist and the bitch who made this put fucking if i die young on this????? uncalled for.

[ilurvyer]

Me when i die young

[sanguineswanqueen]

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: June 8, 2010

Lyrics:

If I die young, bury me in satin

Lay me down on a bed of roses

Sink me in the river at dawn

Send me away with the words of a love song

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Lord, make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother

She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors

Oh, and life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no

Ain't even gray, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life

Well, I've had just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin

Lay me down on a bed of roses

Sink me in the river at dawn

Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life

Well, I've had just enough time

And I'll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom

I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger

I've never known the lovin' of a man

But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand

There's a boy here in town, says he'll love me forever

Who would have thought forever could be severed by

The sharp knife of a short life

Well, I've had just enough time

So put on your best, boys, and I'll wear my pearls

What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell 'em for a dollar

They're worth so much more after I'm a goner

And maybe then you'll hear the words I've been singin'

Funny when you're dead, how people start listenin'

If I die young, bury me in satin

Lay me down on a bed of roses

Sink me in the river at dawn

Send me away with the words of a love song

Oh-oh, (oh-oh)

The ballad of a dove

Go with peace and love

Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket

Save 'em for a time when you're really gonna need 'em, oh

Songwriter: Kimberly Perry

The sharp knife of a short life

Well, I've had just enough time

So put on your best, boys, and I'll wear my pearls

SongFacts:

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[cadencewishes]

New cover!!

[dailyquotes6563]

Sink me in a river at dawn, send me away with the words of a love song.

The Band Perry, If I Die Young

[dyingroses]

And let the water take them away . . . .

On Drakon (2015)

If I Die Young (2010)

Vikings (2013)

Merlin (2008)

On Drakon (2015)

Merlin (2008)

[heystephen]

it’s SO GOOD omg she sounds amazing and it’s such a good follow up to the first part

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Hum Hallelujah is one of those songs that's like "he really made Patrick sing all that" but not in the usual kind of joking way. he really did have Patrick sing all that. really wrote out all those words very directly about his own suicide attempt and then Patrick put music to them and sang all that with so much love and so much care. he made it soar. so like yeah Pete really did ask Patrick to sing all that. and Patrick did it with his whole heart