witness

When you left your home
When you broke that heart
You were not alone

When you chose that road
And that heavy load
You were not alone

The firmness of the earth, a witness
The embrace of the sky, a witness

towns pass, like grass, they wither
nations fall, and flags fly away
but the earth and the sky they are with us,
day to day to day

bones crack, and like wheat they are scattered
the furnace of the world flames away
ashes on the wind, they are seeking to live another day

When you wept and fell
When you suffered hell
You were not alone

And when the night came down
When your rest was found
You were not alone

The embrace of the earth, a witness
The bosom of the sky