Three were riding through the night
through the night
on a wind of rumor and whispers.

Mercury streaking the sky,
shimmering again in the river.

Depth or surface 
Flesh or blood
Lost to time 
that temptation.

In the eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
The eye of a watchful stranger

Two were riding through the night 
through the night
on a wind of rumor and whispers.

The hearts and the horses wild
driving on without a driver.

If not three, we won’t be two
Forsaken away he drew

In the eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
The eye of a watchful stranger

One was riding through the night 
Through the night 
now silent as the gallows.

Memory of the mercury in his mind
pressing through the meadows

One last witness to Love’s end
Naked are Hearts of Men

In the eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
Eye of a watchful stranger
The eye of a watchful stranger

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