Attrition - Questions lyrics

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 pa**age 'cause you're leaving for love Which is a rare thing in a day and an age