[Intro - Solo Keen, Sean-nós]
Oh-ee-ah-ohh… ae-ee-ohh-aehh…
Ee-yah-ohh… aaah-ee-yah…

[Verse 1 - mournful, low]
I have stood at the graveside
With the rain on my face
I have asked the grey heavens
Oh-ee-ah, for a word, for a trace
And the keen rose up in me
Like the women of old
Who wailed for the fallen
In the wind and the cold

[Chorus - Full Keening Cry]
Oh, I'll keen, I'll KEEN
Ae-ee-ohh, for the world that is breaking
For the curse and the thorn
And the long night of aching
But I will not curse the morning
Oh-ee-OH-ee, or the Hand on the loom
For the One who counts the sparrows
Is the One inside the tomb

[Verse 2 - mournful, low]
Sovereignty won't dry it
This water on my cheek
He wept at the grave of Lazarus
Oh-ee-ah, the strong One, for the weak
So I'll grieve and I will grieve
But not as those with no light
The bitterness can leave me
But the love won't leave the night

[Chorus - Full Keening Cry]
Oh, I'll keen, I'll KEEN
Ae-ee-ohh, for the world that is breaking
For the curse and the thorn
And the long night of aching
But I will not curse the morning
Oh-ee-OH-ee, or the Hand on the loom
For the One who counts the sparrows
Is the One inside the tomb

[Bridge - Ancient, the Old Word]
Caoineadh, caoineadh, ae-ee-ohh, the old word for the cry
Held in the Hand that hung the sky
Not abandoned, not alone
Aaah-YEH-ohh, the keen goes up to a Father's throne

[Final Chorus - Widest, Cathartic]
So I'll keen, I'll KEEN
Oh-ee-OH-ee, but the dark isn't winning
The wail is a prayer
And the end's a beginning
And I will not curse the morning
AAAH-ee-yah, for the curse is undone
By the One who wept beside me
And the rising of the Son

[Extended Outro - Keening, Fading]
Caoineadh… caoineadh… oh-ee-ah-ohh…
Ae-ee-ohh… the rising of the Son…
Aaah-ee-yah… not as those with no light…