Mercedes Lackey - Herald's Lament lyrics

A hand to aid along the road A laugh to lighten any load A place to bring a burdened heart And heal the ache of sorrow's dart Who'd willing share in joy or tears And help to ease the darkest fears Or my soul like his own defend And all because he was my friend No grave could hold so free a soul I see him in the frisking foal I hear him laughing on the breeze That stirs the very tops of trees He soars with falcons on the wing He hears the song that night birds sing d**h never dared him captive keep He lies not there, he does not sleep [Solo] But there is silence at my side That haunts the place he used to ride And my Companion can't belay The loss that I sustained this day How bleak the future now has grown Since I must face it all alone My road is weary, dark and steep And it is for myself I weep