You cut your eye teeth on stone Your feet stood firm in the soil Your life is survived by your deeds We will remember and honor your name A grave is a grim horse To ride I passed through the darkness this night With my face pressed into the earth Thin is the veil, thick is the skin To cross the borderlands of flesh A grave is a grim horse To ride As I lie on this house of bones Speak to me now of time's strange berries Do ages repeat all the same? Tell me what you see out there A grave is a grim horse To ride To cross this bridge of shadow Visions of silence all told What the dead reveal to the living My blanket can't keep out this cold A grave is a grim horse To ride