The Dirt Remembers My Name

They buried me on hollow land, Quick to hide a guilty hand But the earth don’t keep no lies — And the ground still hears my cries

The dirt remembers my name, Whispers it when cold winds came You think I’m gone, you think I broke — But I rise in roots and smoke

She held the rope, he swung the blade, Said goodbye like a deal was made But justice don’t forget the blade — It just waits beneath the shade

The dirt remembers my name, Etched in rot and river stain No stone could weigh down what I knew — I left a truth that bled straight through

The worms don’t lie, the trees don’t pray, They just keep what men betray And every time the thunder rolls, I laugh with teeth of burning coals

The dirt remembers my name, Where they tried to shift the blame But bones don’t beg, and ghosts don’t sleep — I’m the secret they couldn’t keep

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