The Silk Road Lyrics

so we were married on the silk road
a thousand giants throwin' rocks
and just as I pulled back your white veil you were struck
we had your funeral in the ocean
off the coast of Mozambique
that's where you said you always wanted to live
so I said, "lay her here so she can always hear the trees calling her name"
and they'll wrap their roots so gently all around her frozen frame

so I carved you into marble
placed you high up in the freeze
so old Heraclitus would write entire books about your glory
I gave your necklace to a poor boy
he didn't thank me he just left
and I heard your ghost playing the organ again
and I said, "play that song that echoed through the church when you were born"
but then the music stopped and I never heard another sound from you

so I was walking on the silk road
heading home for the last time
and you were sitting waiting for me on the side
beneath the tree
I just kept walking
I didn't see