Natalie Merchant Seven Years lyrics

How did I love you?
There was no measuring
Far above this dirty world
Far above everything
In your tower over it
You were clean

So warm and insightful
Were you in my eyes
And I was sure the rightful
Rightful guardian of my life
Damn, damn you, betrayer
How you lied

But for seven years
You were loved an' I laid
Golden orchid crowns around your feet
An' for seven years
I bowed down to touch the ground so holy
Your devotee

You were
All that I could see

I've got my sight now
An' I see everything you hid
So don't you try to right now
Right all the wrong you did
I, I might forget you
But not forgive


But for seven years
You were loved an' I laid
Golden orchid crowns around your feet
An' for seven years
I bowed down to touch the ground so holy
Your devotee
An' for seven years
You were so revered
An' I made offerings
Of anything and everything I had

You were
All that I could see
You were
All that I could see
See
You were
All that I could see
See
You were
You were
All that I could see
See
See
You were
All that I could see