One Less Horseman

Pray for your sanity for fear of losing it
No peace, No rest
Head swells on the promise of tomorrow
For no more sorrow
Things seemed right
For what you felt the night before

An unimaginable event
For Fate, without consent,
Took the life of your best friend

Can't grasp what you don't understand
Drown in the bottle
Get down to the bottom
Still no solution
Can't run away
Stand up and face it
That person is gone

Who? What? Where has it gone?
The fire that burned so brightly is now done
Why'd he have to die so young?
Seeping cloud of depression crosses the nation
Friends and Family in desperation

What now? What do we do?
Keep going
He'd tell us to
And so it was with heavy hearts
They went on with their lives
One horseman apart

Such a character
Such a man
Can anyone stand as tall as he had?
So much talent
So much technique
Never met anyone as unique
As Clifford Lee Burton
That's whom I speak
A hero
A legend
Never shall we forget his presence