We Are Alive
There's a cross up yonder on Calvary HillThere's a slip of blood on a silver knifeThere's a graveyard kid down belowWhere at night the dead come to lifeWell above the stars they crackle and fireA dead man's moon throws seven ringsWe’d put our ears to the cold grave stonesThis is the song they’d sing
We are aliveAnd though our bodies lie alone here in the darkOur spirits riseTo carry the fire and light the sparkTo stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
A voice cried I was killed in Maryland in 1877When the railroad workers made their standI was killed in 1963One Sunday morning in BirminghamI died last year crossing the southern desertMy children left behind in San PabloWell they’ve left our bodies here to rotOh please let them know
We are aliveAnd though we lie alone here in the darkOur souls will riseTo carry the fire and light the sparkTo fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
Let your mind rest easySleep well my friendIt’s only our bodies that betray us in the end
Well I awoke last night in the dark and dreamy deepFrom my head to my feet my body’d gone stone coldThere were worms crawling all around meMy fingers scratchin’ at an earth black and six foot low
Alone in the blackness of my graveAlone I’d been left to dieThen I heard voices calling all ‘round meThe earth rose above meMy eyes filled with sky
We are aliveAnd though our bodies lie alone here in the darkOur souls and spirits riseTo carry the fire and light the sparkTo fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heartTo stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heartWe are alive