Six Hours of Darkness

With rope worn hands and shoes of lead
I walk despite the pain
Six hours of darkness came and went
But left me here unchanged

Just as you'd swear there's no one there
She'll whisper in your ear
Her words, they float like exhaled smoke
And this, this is the sound you would hear

I take a breath of frozen air
And fight not to succumb
That fleeting urge that led me here
Now long gone like the sun

A dream recalls a town that crawled
With women drunk on rum
Now morning breaks, the silence quakes
And this, this is the sound that comes

You ran for every hole
In words she whispered in your ear
There'll be no song, the music's gone
Just silence, not a sound to hear