Strider

Let me tell you my story, my young fellows

Sheltered by this new moon night

I was not always this broken and old

My veins have once throbbed with life

A strange day came when I learned by chance

That each bit of my flesh and bones

Did not belong to me alone, but to a man

Who had claimed me as his own

So, I raced, swifter than any of my peers

In longer strides

Every day that dawned on my serving years

Until the fatal ride

Whether we are hindered by chains

Or a burden under which others bend

Our nature is one and the same

We run forward until the end

My unfortunate story does not end there

A broken horse, almost dead

I've kept on toiling for someone else's welfare

Still standing on my four legs

Soon the day will come when I'll be led apart

And each piece of my flesh and bones

Will no longer belong to me, nor to one man

But to any beast on the prowl

This is how I will die and then disappear

Under the moon

My owner's buried body, covered with tears

Will be of no use

Whether we are hindered by chains

Or a burden under which others bend

Our nature is one and the same

We keep running until the end