Spirit warriors move softly All through the shade While the children are sleeping They surround the camp A delay, then the song starts And through the end Chanting, “d**h will come sweetly” “as the wind, the bow, and the stone” Until the fields are red with ancient merlot Heaven helps a friend
Spotless and gleaming They dream past their tents With a crow as their armor And snakes to defend The fields that their fathers saw grow Heaven helps a friend Slain at the Altar The vultures are stalking They lay in the open And the Earth is being fed by spears