the crane wife 3

• the decemberists'in the crane wife albümünün açılış şarkısı. aynı zamanda bir japon halk hikayesi olan the crane wife'ın acıklı sonunu colin meloy bu şarkıda anlatmaktadır. hikayenin başı için ise (bkz: the crane wife 1 and 2).
  
  and under the boughs unbowed
  all clothed in a snowy shroud
  she had no heart so hardened
  all under the boughs unbowed
  
  each feather it fell from skin
  'til threadbare, she grew thin
  how were my eyes so blinded?
  each feather it fell from skin
  
  and i will hang my head, hang my head low
  and i will hang my head, hang my head low
  
  a grey sky, a bitter sting
  a raincloud, a crane on the wing
  all out beyond horizon, oh
  a grey sky, a bitter sting
  
  and i will hang my head, hang my head low
  and i will hang my head, hang my head low