When they offered me sympathy You offered me company When they reassured me that time would heal You weren't so sure When they were afraid of me You stood beside me You offered me your secret Without taking mine. And when I said I was going to hell You offered to lead the way I held your past in my heart and I took your future and made you live when you prepared to die. What I know comes from my family and books and ranching and even though I try to deny it--- hope for the future. What you know comes from living and in living I see you dying; a spirit captured inside a free world that you will never share. When you ride through those fiery gates of hell I will ride by your side And be whole again for knowing you.

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