Salt the Earth

No stone to be placed on stone Tear the skin clean off the bones Leave a place where nothing grows Never light in these shadows The heart is a desolate place Where ghosts roam in the haze A thousand feet dragging through the snow The wind is a lonely song of woe Lick the wounds, dry your tears Salt the earth Cut the cord, close the door Salt the earth Clear the eyes for all things lost Clear the heart of the biting frost Clear the mind for nothing at all All that rises must eventually fall Burn the ground you walk upon Drain the wells, all water's gone Curse the sky and curse the rain Curse the land to be a desert plain Lick the wounds, dry your tears Salt the earth Cut the cord, close the door Salt the earth Salt the earth so nothing grows Salt the earth and leave it to the crows Salt the earth let everybody know Never light in these shadows Never light in these shadows