Chibbut Ha-Kever (The Judgement Of The Grave)

[Verse 1] They washed my body They wrapped me in white They carried me gently And lowered me out of the light They covered my face They covered my name They covered the body [Pre-Chorus] But something Remained [Chorus] Something Remained [Verse 2] Six feet over And a lifetime of lives A mouthful of silence And two open eyes That cannot see daylight That cannot see stars That cannot remember How heavy they are The mourners have gathered The mourners have gone The stone has been settled The world carries on The body lies quiet The earth has its due But something is moving And something has heu [Chorus] Who are you without your name? Who are you without your shame? Who are you when none can see The man you make yourself to be? Shiver, heart, quiver The shaking of the grave The earth cannot conceal What the living could not save Shiver, heart, quiver No kingdom left to claim The man has left the world But the world has left its name And what you carried in You cannot carry through The grave will hold the body [Bridge] But the judgement Will hold you [Verse 3] I built myself a kingdom out of everything I owned I filled it full of furniture and called the place my own I polished every mirror 'til it showed me what I pleased And taught myself to kneel before the things that brought me ease I gave a little charity I gave a little time I gave myself permission to believe that was fine And every little compromise I carefully conceal Became another little thing The darkness would reveal [Verse 4] I thought the grave would hide me I thought the earth would keep my secrets I thought the end Would be the end I thought [Chorus] What did you love? What did you take? What did you build? What did you break? What did you know? What did you do? What did you care that you all got lost? Shiver, heart, quiver The shaking of the grave The earth cannot conceal What the living could not save Shiver, heart, quiver No kingdom left to claim The man has left the world But the world has left its name [Outro] There were hands I did not hold There were words I did not speak There were people at my door When I would not let them in There were mornings I was given There were evenings I denied There were questions I kept buried While I practiced being right And now the questions Have come looking For the man Who put them there Dust to dust Bone to bone What was borrowed Was never owned Dust to dust Stone to stone Nothing follows That was never your own I was not my money I was not my land I was not the power that I held inside my hand I was not my title I was not my throne I was not the man I had pretended was my own [Chorus] Then who? Somewhere above me The morning is new A child asks a question A mother comes through A father grows older A friend finds his way And somebody remembers A kindness one day The world has not ended Because I am gone The living is living The dawn carries on And whatever was worthy Of having been done Will stand without needing The name of the one Shiver, heart, quiver The shaking of the grave Not everything we buried Was a thing we could save Shiver, heart, quiver Let the false things fall away Let the earth receive the body Let the soul be made to say I was here I was given I was more than what I own I was here I was living And I never walked alone They washed my body They wrapped me in white They lowered me gently And covered me from sight And there beneath the earth Where no one knew my name I met the things I carried And they asked me Why I came [Outro] Shiver, heart, quiver