I Believed You, William Blake - Frank Turner

Have you seen my husband?

You’d know him, if you had

He’s known around old London Town

Most people think he’s mad

My husband he talks with angels

And with spirits that he can see

He passes time with the divine

But not so much with me

But I held him when he faltered

When earth and faith did shake

And on my grave the words will say

«I believed you, William Blake»

We scraped by in the shadows

Sown with pity and with scorn

The great and good they never could

Recognize a prophet born

With poetry and engravings

He presented Paradise

He revealed to them a Jerusalem

They would not recognize

But I held him when he faltered

When earth and faith did shake

And on my grave the words will say

«I believed you, William Blake»

Mr. William Blake

There’s one promise you must make

Dear William, if you’re right

About life on the other side, about paradise

Then you must promise me

That you won’t leave me when you leave

This world that didn’t believe

Be a comfort to your wife

She gave you up her one and only certain life

Don’t you leave me in my grave

I believed you William Blake

I’ll be with you, damned or saved

Don’t you leave me in my grave

I believed you William Blake