JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Shrike" merupakan lagu dari Hozier, penyanyi Irlandia yang khas dengan lagu-lagu bertema religi atau literasi.
Lirik lagu ini ditulis oleh Hozier dengan bantuan Rob Kirwan.
Lagu "Shrike" dipilih sebagai salah satu trek dalam album studio bertajuk Wasteland, Baby! yang rilis pada 2019 lalu.
Album tersebut terhitung menjadi album studio kedua Hozier setelah album debut eponimnya rilis pada 2014.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Movement dari Hozier
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Shrike" dari Hozier berikut ini.
[Intro]
C Dm F C
C Dm G C
[Verse 1]
C Dm
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
F C
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
Dm
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
F C
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
[Chorus 1]
Am G
Words hung above
C F
But never would form
Am G C Am
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
Am G C Fmaj7
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
Am G C
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
Dm Am G C
[Verse 2]
C Dm
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
F C
All of that goodness is going with you now
C Dm
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
F C
All of my goodness is going with you now
[Chorus 2]
Am G C F
Dragging along, follow in your form
Am G C Am
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
Am G C Fmaj7
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
Am G C
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
[Instrumental Interlude]
C Dm F C
C Dm G C
[Verse 3]
C Dm
I fled to the city with so much discounted
F C
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
C Dm
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
F C
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
[Chorus 3]
Am G
I was housed by your warmth
C F
Thus transformed
Am G C Am
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
Am G C Fmaj7
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
Am G C
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn