Crawling down the valley of ashes Carrying the cross of fate The rain of light burned this garden, dry and grim where dead birds lay rotten The echoes of an empty town rumble near my empty shell as threatening shadows suck me into the labyrinth of despair But I keep crawling while the sun explodes over my head As the sky gets dark so does my heart Crawling down again Because you have to know what I left behind These eyes have seen This heart once beat