Small Bones of Courage - Aldous Harding

We walk alone now, Edo

The dogs have broken and turned

Feed these words to the wind

So they may one day return

There’s little left for us, Edo

Our minds are open and learned

Never in your days will you find a pair so burned

And we slept with our backs against the weather

As we lay on wet stones

Before the fire’s edge

We swore to never eat from those bleeding hands again

And we sang the words together in the amber

Not a word, little widow, of the man I was before

For the only friend that’s left is in the night

When I cannot find the silver designed to take your life

And the shadows are too deep to find the light

They do not reach the small bones of courage

'Stead left to the light by the small bones of courage

There is a train that moves through the valley

Its path is crooked and tied

We’re told we are but travellers upon its hellish ride

But the coal will not burn longer than we will it

Still he’s robbed of fire by the small bones of courage

Scratch down the lace and bare your naked breast unto the sun

Let the ghosts scream at the lightning in your eyes

Turn all the horses gold, and watch them flee toward the life

Where live the guardians of mercy on the mind

Led through the fire by the small bones of courage

Led through the fire by the small bones of courage

There is little left for us, Edo

Our minds are open and learned

Never in your days will you find a pair so burned

And we slept with our backs against the weather