Smoke, thistle and gnarled tree The way we walk is one of three The road up high, the one down low And the middle part that most do go Few did know and fewer now still That all three ways have their fill Of danger, joy, hope and hate Only to tell once it's too late What path it was they traveled on When at the end they stand at dawn At the gates of heaven Or in the valley of death All roads we take lead the same place The only difference made By the one who walks the path