[ar:Emiliana Torrini] [ti:Beggar’s Prayer] [00:00.21]Beggar’s Prayer - Emiliana Torrini [00:00.85]Written by:Emiliana Torrini/Eg White [00:16.26]Mama said lift your head from the sieve of your hands [00:24.48]Mama say eventually this hurting will end [00:33.80]But the shock waves on my bones will linger [00:38.38]Like the ghost of you here in my bed [00:44.57]When I was lost you thought me a beautiful find [00:52.72]Sometimes I think of you sleeping so sleep for a while [01:00.40]I find myself asking who'd do this to love [01:08.47]And the white shouldered mountains they pointed above [01:14.44]Lord you just dropped me here by the side of this road [01:22.08]Out here's too cold and I don't want to walk it alone [01:30.07]I've got a bottle of your blood inside me [01:38.16]And an old beggar's prayer on the tip of my tongue [02:37.28]Mama said lift your head from the sieve of your hands [02:45.85]Mama say eventually this hurting will end