Dust & Bone

“In the end, all men ride down to dust… and bone.”

I’ve walked through the graveyards, I’ve seen the names fade, Carved in the stone where the shadows stayed. But the dust don’t forget, and the bone don’t lie, They tell you who lived, they tell you who died.

Dust and bone, that’s all we leave, Ashes of fire, the songs we grieve. The earth takes the body, but the truth rides on, Dust and bone, but the spirit’s strong.

I’ve carried the crosses, I’ve buried my kin, The desert remembers where the end begins. But even in ruin, the silence shows, That life leaves echoes the shadow knows.

Dust and bone, that’s all we give, But scars in the canyon prove we lived. You can bury the rider, but not the song, Dust and bone, but the trail rides long.

Steel will rust, Fire will fade, But dust and bone Keep the names we made.

Dust and bone, that’s all we claim, But the night still whispers a rider’s name. The flesh may falter, the heart may fall, But dust and bone outlive it all.

“Still here… in dust and bone.”

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