We met when we were children Young hearts with old woven souls He took to me like a wildfire And encrypted his love into my bones They took my husband late last night Past the pyramids and the Caspian Sea He'll be buried under a starless sky I'll hold the shape of him till I die Send him this message for me Shadows are all I believe in Tell him I'm ready to meet him in Heaven 'Cause without you beside me here, I am not breathin' Momma, come to me/ I'll stay with you tonight My sweet-hearted companion He has left to join the fight Fire burns where the snow once fell Blood spills near the oil well I join the line of a million tears 'Cause no one knows my name or my family here