Hour of Gold

I have seen your soul turn black
 And then retreat
 To that dark place where no one else may follow
 I waited here for your returning
 To roll your cigarette
 And wash your bloodied feet.
 You have heard the silent running
 Of my dreams
 Broke me from the grip of grief and fever
 With the sound of your voice speaking my name
 And a kiss
 That I will feel forever.
 In the hour of gold, the hour of lead
 WG did forge our wedding bed
 On a hard and holy road
 We lay down our head
 In tha hour of gold, the hour oi lead.
 I have watched you riding on
 The wall of death
 And when il finally breaks you and you fall
 I will tear this dress of muslin that you gave me
 To bind the fatal wound
 And catch your last sweet breath.
 In the hour of gold, the hour of lead
 We did forge our wedding bed
 On a hard and holy road
 We lay down our head
 In the hour of gold, the hour of lead.
 But the world will be my witness when
 They excavate my heart
 And find the image of your face
 Imprinted there like some Shroud of Turin
 That neither time Nor tundra could erase.
 In the hour of gold, the hour of lead
 We did forge our wedding bed
 On a hard and holy road
 We lay down our head
 In the hour of gold, the hour of lead...