We Are Alive

[Verse 1] There's a cross up yonder on Calvary Hill There's a slip of blood on a silver knife There's a graveyard kid down below Where at night the dead come to life Well above the stars they crackle and fire A dead man's moon throws seven rings We’d put our ears to the cold grave stones This is the song they’d sing [Chorus] We are alive And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark Our spirits rise To carry the fire and light the spark To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart [Verse 2] A voice cried I was killed in Maryland in 1877 When the railroad workers made their stand I was killed in 1963 One Sunday morning in Birmingham I died last year crossing the southern desert My children left behind in San Pablo Well they’ve left our bodies here to rot Oh please let them know [Chorus] [Verse 3] Let your mind rest easy Sleep well my friend It’s only our bodies that betray us in the end Well I awoke last night in the dark and dreamy deep From my head to my feet my body’s gone stone cold There were worms crawling all around me My fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low Alone in the blackness of my grave Alone I’d been left to die Then I heard voices calling all around me The earth rose above me My eyes filled with sky [Chorus]