I carried the sun up the hill in the morning I buried my name by the river of stone I gave my two hands to the mill and the fire I traded my shadow for bread and a bone and the smoke rose higher and the river ran on As the smoke rises so the man goes down what is a man when the weighing is done Can a man carry water in only his hands can a man walk the fire and come out unburned can he drink the whole river and still know his thirst can he lose his other self and not go down As the smoke rises so the man goes down what is a man when the weighing is done You at the far door with your lamp burning low you who kept the tally of my sins in the reeds would you know my name would you let me in oooooooh Oh Open the door Open the door Open the door would you know my name
