作曲:Levi Stoker
作词:Levi Stoker
The box was pine and the hole was jagged and deep
A place for the secrets that the limestone's gonna keep
They threw a handful of Georgia red on the lid
Trying to cover up the shadow of the things that he did
The preacher's collar was tight and his words were all dry
Preaching to a man who'd already out outrun the sky
The dirt's got the bone and the wind's got the breath
But there's a fever in the valley that's outlasting his death
Oh it's dust to dust and it's fame to fire tonight
The body's in the dark but the myth is burning bright
You can shovel on the earth then you can say your goodbyes
But the legend's catching heat from the funeral pyre's eyes
Yeah the more they bury him the higher he grows
A heavyweight phantom where the bitter wind blows
They're already selling his name at the roadside stands
Treading in the blood for the grease on their hands
They talk about the fire but they never felt the burn
Or the weight of the lessons that a dead man had to learn
He's a jacket piece of lightning that the dirt couldn't hold
A heavyweight champion in a story that's never been told
Oh it's dust to dust and it's fame to fire tonight
The body's in the dark but the myth is burning bright
You can shovel on the earth then you can say your goodbyes
But the legend's catching heat from the funeral pyre's eyes
Yeah the more they bury him the higher he grows
A heavyweight phantom where the bitter wind blows
He's rising up you can't keep him down
The canvas is sticky but the spirit is clean
I'm the toughest damn rebel that this world's ever seen
I ain't out of breath I'm just finding my second wind
Dust to dust fame to fire
Higher and higher beyond the pyre