Lyrics Natalie Merchant – Seven Years

How did I love you?
There was no measuring
Far above this dirty world
Far above everything

So warm and insightful
Were you in my eyes
I was sure the rightful
Guardian of my life
Damn you betrayer
How you lied

But for seven years
You were loved
I laid golden orchid crowns
Around you feet

For seven years
I bowed down
To touch the ground
So wholly your devotee

You were
All that I could see

I’ve got my sight now
I see everything you hid
So don’t you try to right now
All the wrong you did
I might forget you
But not forgive

But for seven years
You were loved

For seven years
I bowed down
To touch the ground
So wholly your devotee

For seven years
You were so revered
I made offerings of
Anything and everything I had

You were
All that I could see