Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep They yearn to be once again dressed In the tears we weep In the tears we weep In the tears we weep
She remembered the sun From the world long ago In the time before darkness And wander
She soon become bone From the fish and the foam In the fullness of time We forgot her
Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep They yearn to be once again dressed In the tears we weep In the tears we weep In the tears we weep
A fisherman's line through A hole in the ice Caught the strangest of fish Where she drifted
Salvation came down From the world far above And the skeleton woman Was lifted
She buried her teeth In the hem of his coat As the fisherman tried To run past her
In terror he fled Through the deepening gloom With the rattle of bones Chasing after
Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep They yearn to be once again dressed In the tears we weep In the tears we weep In the tears we weep
He cowered all night Through the wind's longing howl From the monster he'd led To his home
But dawn showed the man That the creature he feared Was twine all entangled In bone
In pity he wept And the tears trickled down From his eyes to the bones He regarded
From their heat she wove life And a young woman's form With a cry was her silence Discarded
After ages uncounted Of patience and hope Was the skeleton woman Rewarded
Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep They yearn to be once again dressed In the tears we weep In the tears we weep In the tears we weep