An Empty Road

What if your world was stolen?
Was taken from your hand
No table for a poem
It turned to dust and sand

Broken homes for burning
No fire to keep warm
You wander cold and lonely
With no silver piece to adore

Bought and sold by stone-throwing crowds
Cast out the way by those who wore crowns
Sentence the time while all the world passes by

Your love has gone to heaven
Ashes washed away
The path you walk's empty road
With no signs guiding your way

You're followed by a shadow
A cruel and frightening man
But his legs are long and he's straight and he's strong and true
And the moon is deciding fate

Bought and sold by the ones who don't shine
Cast out the way like those left behind
Sentence the time while all the world passes by

The sun it keeps settling
On a line far away
You're the only one standing there
They've all gone by the way
Like the wind, it blew them away

Bought and sold by stone-throwing crowds
Cast out the way by those who wore crowns
Sentence the time while all the world passes by
Left far behind, end of the line