Big Light

I was stuck in the ground Trying to cover my eyes Trying to move all this light I spent all night Trying to remember your face Like trying to get blood from a stone But there was nothing to save And no one to lie to And I watched as the bone dust hung in the sky Like a dim flock of endless prayers And I spent my days out chasing the wind Trying to turn gold from your hair But there was nothing to save In the flux and decay Of the changing winds