Attrition

Questions
For how long will your ghost walk with me? I thought your ashes lived among the roses now. Were you the white shadow that sent me sleepless nights? I ran from you then as I did as a child. My birthplace no longer held me as your white charger appeared, For the time had begun, my eyes spelt out hope. I wanted to leave the beggar child at mother's door But I knew she was part and parcel of my whole. And you, my brother, I ask were we ever close? Or did our cat and dog fighting secretly take its toll? For you live in your world and I live in mine. Yours solid to the grasp, mine flows undefined. I have a listening ear or shoulder to cry. My friend that leaves for life across the water. And I wish you safe passage 'cause you're leaving for love Which is a rare thing in a day and an age Aus Songtexte Mania