Small Bones of Courage

We walk alone now with her The dogs have broken and turned Feed these words to the wind So they may one day return There's little left for us at all Our minds are open and learned Never in your days will you find a pair so burned And we slept with our backs against the weather As we lay on wet stones Before the fire's age We swore to never eat from those bleeding hands again And we sang the words together in the embers Not a word, little widow of the man I was before For the only frailness left is in the night When I cannot find the silver design to take your life And the shadows are too deep to find the light They do not reach the small bones of courage Instead left to the light by the small bones of courage There is a train that moves through the valley Its path is crooked and tied We're told we are but travellers upon its hellish ride But the coal will not burn longer than we will eat Still, he's robbed the fire by the small bones of courage Scratch down the lace and bare your naked breast unto the sun Let the ghosts scream at the lightning in your eyes Turn all the horses gold, and watch them flee toward the life Where live the guardians of mercy and the mind Led through the fire by the small bones of courage Led through the fire by the small bones of courage There is little left for us at all Our minds are open and learned Never in your days will you find a pair so burned And we slept with our backs against the weather