The Verdant Mile Lyrics

I didn't want to burn like this
So close to the bone
No muscle left to carry it
This black bag of stones
It's a black bag
Oooh the August heat the autumn rain
And winter's face of blue
These seasons keep their spinning up
But there's no sign of you
There is no sign

And so I walk this verdant mile
Of memory with you
Gentle Arms of Eden
And The Mountain get me through

Well Richard says the whippoorwill taught him how to go
I tell him death is just a dream
I don't really know
It's everything and nothing when the spirit cracks the sky
But flowers fold and go to seed and no one questions why
Nobody, oh no
And so I walk this verdant mile
Of memory with you
Gentle Arms of Eden
And The Raven get me through

I miss you like I love the sound of blackbirds in the trees
I sit alone and wish that maybe one of you would visit me
But no matter how much seed I hang
What prayer I call out
I cannot bring that bird in from the field
And make an angel come around
And so I walk this verdant mile
Of memory with you
Gentle Arms of Eden
And The Mountain get me through

And so I walk this verdant mile
Of memory with you
Gentle Arms of Eden
And The Mountain get me through