I Carry Your Shadow

Your coat’s still in the hallway Like a soldier left his post Your boots are worn like scripture Every mile they wrote I tried to sweep the dust away Tried to close that door But grief ain't something buried It's a trail you carry more

The old men say the mountain Feels every step you climb

I carry your shadow Through the wheat and the rain Through the long roads of memory Through the frost and the flame Every dawn that breaks open Every night I can’t sleep I carry your shadow And the promise I keep

The dog still waits by sunset Like he’s guarding the past Like he knows some riders Don’t come home very fast Your laughter still moves through me Like thunder through the hills Some hearts stop beating But their echo never stills

Time don’t steal a brother It just teaches you the weight

I carry your shadow Through the dust of the years Through the fire of anger Through the salt of the tears Every mile of silence Every storm I must see I carry your shadow Like you carried me

The Spartans carved their courage Into shields and battle cries But the bravest men I’ve known Were the ones who survived Not the ones who never stumbled Not the ones who never bled But the ones who kept on walking With the dead inside their chest

So I walk with your memory Like a lantern in the night

I carry your shadow Through the valleys and stone Through the cold of the winters Through the years all alone And when my trail is finished And my boots finally slow I’ll lay down your shadow Where the wild riders go

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