From the dusty mesa the looming shadow grows
Hidden in the poison creosote
In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom
She twines her spines up slowly
To ward the boiling sun
And when I touched her skin
My fingers ran with blood
Oh rise with me forever
Across the silent sand
And the stars will be your eyes
And the wind
Will be my hand
Will by my hand
VIOLIN SOLO
VERSE
Strange hunger haunted me, the looming shadows danced
Fell down to the thorny brush and felt a trembling hand
And when the last light warms the rocks and the rattle snakes unfold
Cats will come to drag away your bones
She twines her spines up slowly
To ward the boiling sun
And when I touched her skin
My fingers ran with blood
Oh rise with me forever
Across the silent sand
And the stars will be your eyes
And the wind
Will be my hand
Will by my hand
VIOLIN OUTRO