Of broken bone, bone, bone,
To broken bone, bone, bone
Broken head and bony crown
Broken guru, king and clown
To the boneyard I am bound
To the boneyard I am bound
Broken heaven, broken woe,
Broken body into broken earth must go,
Into broken earth must go.
I must feel my way to death.
when my meat starts to scrape,
Through death I will escape to
To heaven through my heart's breath.
Broke my leg under my knee,
Broke my heart, broke my greed,
Broke my body like a dog,
Like a scared dog indeed.
God, it was never mine anyway.
Buddha, take my skull today,
or take back my skull someday.
Break, break, break, my body,
Lord, to break my bones ten times ten
O death, and you can tell me when
Farewell, swift -bodied dream,
And I'll come back and bless you again
And I'll come back and bless you again