Something The Boy Said

When we set out on this journey 
There were no doubts in our minds 
We set our eyes to the distance 
We would find what we would find 
We took courage from our numbers 
What we sought we did not fear 
Sometimes we'd glimpse a shadow falling 
The shadow would disappear 
But our thoughts kept returning 
To something the boy said 
As we turned to go 
He said you'll never see our faces again 
You'll be food for a carrion crow 

Every step we took today 
Our thoughts would always stray 
From the wind on the moor so wild 
To the words of the captain's child 
Something the boy said 

In the circles we made with our fires 
We talked of the pale afternoon 
The clouds were like dark riders 
Flying on the face of the moon 
We spoke our fears to the captain 
And asked what his son could know 
For we would never have marched so far 
To be food for a crow 

Every step we took today 
Our thoughts would always stray 
From the wind on the moor so wild 
To the words of the captain's child 
Something the boy said 

When I awoke this morning 
The sun's eye was red as blood 
The stench of burning corpses 
Faces in the mud 
Am I dead or am I living? 
I'm too afraid to care, I'm too afraid to know 
I'm too afraid to look behind me 
At the feast of the crow 
We spoke our fears to the captain 
And asked what his son could know 
For we would never have marched so far 
To be food for a crow 

Something the boy said